Brett Herbst of the Maize - world's greatest creator of corn mazes

Oh, so you didn't think you could make a living doing this?

You'd be dead wrong, 'cause Brett Herbst, 33, and his company, the Maize, has quietly become the world's most prolific corn maze maker, with over 150 mazes constructed to date.

He's based in Utah but travels an awful lot, as you might imagine.

He grew up on a farm in Salmon, Idaho, and agriculture is his passion.

He learned how to design corn mazes through trial and error.

His first, in 1996, took him three weeks to create.

Now he can knock one out in a day.

The work is seasonal, with the off-season devoted mostly to brainstorming design ideas and scouting for sites.

He continues to run his own flagship maze in Utah, even as his consulting and design business grows.

Thousands of visitors a year come to wander through his Utah creation, many with wonderment on their faces as they exit.

[via Mary Ellen Slayter and the Washington Post]