7 most captivating mazes in the world

Getting lost doesn't have to be scary -- it can be entertaining.

Mazes have fascinated designers since Cretans and Egyptians invented the first labyrinths thousands of years ago. 

The garden maze emerged in Britain and France during the Renaissance and now modern maze-makers are creating puzzle paths out of mirrors and other hard materials as well as cutting them into cornfields and hedges.

Here’s a selection of the oldest, the newest, the loveliest and most notorious.

This 18th-century maze now comes with special effects.
For Londoners, this palace maze on the Thames just outside the city is a rite of passage, the place their parents brought them as children to test their orientation skills.