The corn maze craze and why we love getting lost every fall

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Welcome to corn maze season, where Americans collectively decide that paying to get lost sounds like a perfect weekend plan. Corn mazes, once a novelty, have become a fixture of the fall calendar, part puzzle, part tradition and part business. Data from 2024 indicates more than 500 businesses nationwide had a mention of their corn mazes in reviews. Jere’ Cassidy, a mom and blogger at One Hot Oven, takes her family to a corn maze every fall. So, they create a fall festival atmosphere around their mazes, turning a simple corn maze into an entire afternoon experience.