Get Lost in The 10 Must-Visit Corn Mazes in Minnesota

The Ultimate Guide to Corn Mazes in Minnesota 🌽

Fall in Minnesota just isn’t complete without getting a little lost in a corn maze, right?

The crisp air, crunchy leaves, and golden cornfields practically beg you to grab your favorite flannel and embrace Minnesota's best season.

If you want to challenge your sense of direction, entertain the kids, or just snap a few Insta-worthy pics, Minnesota’s got some of the best corn mazes around.

Who made the very first corn maze in the United States?

Believe it or not, the corn maze tradition is a relatively modern one. According to Morning AGClips, the very first corn maze in the U.S. popped up in 1993 in Annville, Pennsylvania, when a Lebanon Valley College professor named Don Frantz teamed up with a designer to cut a maze into a cornfield as a fundraiser. Their original maze was carved in the likeness of a dinosaur named Cornelius the Cobasaurus, using a grid system and manual removal of stalks.

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The idea caught on fast, and of course, Minnesota is the perfect place for it, and now farms across the Land of 10,000 Lakes are cutting their own elaborate mazes, some with themes, some covering dozens of acres, and all designed to get you a little lost (in a good way). Leave it to the Midwest to embrace wandering around in a field as a beloved fall tradition.

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Scroll down and explore this a-maze-ing guide (sorry, had to) highlighting corn mazes across the North Star State.

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