Hello and Happy Travel Tuesday!
Today's photos are of the Maze Stone in Hemet, CA.
During my road trips I like to scout out smaller points of interest, since it's a great way to stop and stretch your legs and see interesting things on the way. This stop turned out to be at least 500 years old! (well according to an article I read anyway. La Times - Mazes Remain Enigmas of Ancient Indian Art)
I was not able to find a whole lot of info, but according to Wikipedia, the owner of this land in Hemet found this weird stone with a maze/petroglyph carvings on his land. He ended up donateing it and the surrounding land to Riverside County! When archeologist took a look around in the area, they found pottery, and by dating the surrounding artifacts they were able to estimate that the stone was at least 500 years old!
The Legend is (though I'm not sure where the legend originated) that the petroglyph was created by lost Chinese sailors that were in the area in the 15th-ish century!! Whether that is true or not (probably not) the maze stone and whom ever carved it is still a mystery...
If your ever in the Hemet, go take a look! For more info check out Atlas Obscura - Maze Stone. Atlas Obscura is great for finding weird and cool roadtrip stops.
Love & Donuts!
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