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Los Angeles, CA - Keeping it downtown
Downtown Los Angeles is a concrete jungle in places - tall buildings, wide and busy streets, imposing structures. I had heard that there...
Mar 12, 2024


Pasadena, CA - A neighborhood garden oasis
Amid large homes and busy streets in Pasadena, I came across Arlington Garden, a three-acre botanical garden and mini-oasis from southern...
Mar 11, 2024


Ballard, WA - Nordic roots
The National Nordic Museum is a surprising place. The building design itself is a showpiece of modern Scandinavian aesthetic, and the...
Feb 14, 2024


Estacada, OR - A library labyrinth
My search for labyrinths takes me far and wide. Having never been to the small rural town of Estacada, about an hour from Portland, I saw...
Feb 1, 2024


Gresham, OR - Purple wonder
At St. Luke the Physician Episcopal Church in Gresham, Oregon, a Portland suburb, I've known about the labyrinth there for awhile. It's...
Jan 31, 2024


Estacada, OR - Among the fir trees
This one is in a grand setting, precisely in the middle of a large grove of fir trees, and set back from the parking area and the church...
Jan 30, 2024


Providence, RI - Hometown find
It's slightly faded, but if you're on the Providence College campus, search out the school's Arts Walk for a labyrinth that is modeled on...
Jan 26, 2024


Rome, Italy - In the nice neighborhood
Palatine Hill, or Mount Palatino, was definitely a prime location during the heydays of ancient Rome. Adjacent to the Colosseum and the...
Jan 5, 2024


North Easton, MA - Gun violence in the stones
Many of the labyrinths I’ve found have an association with peace. There may be a nearby peace pole, or messages about it, or other signs...
Dec 12, 2023


Brockton, MA - Honoring service
Our country’s Veterans Affairs hospitals, “the VA”, serve about 9 million Veterans each year. And they are across the country, with more...
Dec 11, 2023


Belfast, ME - Honoring Phineas P. Quimby
Overlooking the harbor in Belfast, Maine, I found the Phineas P. Quimby Labyrinth. It was created in 2015 in Belfast Common, a park...
Oct 17, 2023


Walpole, MA - Defending New England
New England small towns have a certain quaintness to them, and Walpole, Massachusetts, certainly has that quality. It also has a very...
Oct 17, 2023


Brunswick, ME - Into the woods
When I saw that this one was called “Labyrinth in the Woods”, my hopes were elevated. When a labyrinth has a formal name, it’s more to...
Oct 17, 2023


Portsmouth, NH - Faintly there
This one was a bit of a disappointment. I could trace parts of it but too much was overgrown to successfully walk. It has wide paths and...
Oct 17, 2023


Waianae, HI - Remote wellness
OK, this one was an interesting experience. It is a wellness center operated by a large health care system and is on the west shore of...
Oct 9, 2023


Honolulu, HI - No wild pigs in sight
My quest for labyrinths usually yields one of two options – I either find one that is walkable and intact, or it is entirely not there...
Oct 7, 2023


Honolulu, HI - Palm trees in paradise
I visited this church on a Saturday because I had been told that the labyrinth is in the parking lot and often covered with cars. On my...
Oct 6, 2023


Lancaster, PA - Stones in the garden
I had hoped to find a labyrinth in Lancaster, PA, that may have had some connection also to the area's rich, interesting Amish culture....
Sep 21, 2023


Reading, PA - Higher learning
Pennsylvania State University, aka Penn State, has nearly 90,00 students and 20 different campus locations. It's a big and busy place....
Sep 20, 2023


Leesport, PA - A solemn location
I haven't found many labyrinths in cemeteries but the ones I do find are memorable. Plus, the juxtaposition of themes at hand (death,...
Sep 19, 2023
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