title: All my routes redirect to home page
body: <p>All my laravel routes keep redirecting back to the home page. For example when I go to <code>localhost:8000/about</code> it stays on the home page, <code>localhost:8000/about</code> shows up in the address bar but I'm still on the home page. I don't get an error. These last three (3) from this list redirect me to the home page:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  //No auth needed to access these
  
  Route::get('/course/detail/{id}', [
      'uses' =&gt; 'CourseController@show',
      'as' =&gt; 'course.detail'
  ]);
  
  Route::get('/{pagenum?}', [
      'uses' =&gt; 'CourseController@showAll',
      'as' =&gt; 'courses'
  ]);
  
  Route::get('/instructor/detail/{id}', [
      'uses' =&gt; 'InstructorController@showDetail',
      'as' =&gt; 'instructor.detail'
  ]);
  
  Route::get('/about', function(){
      return view('frontend.about');
  })-&gt;name('about');
  
  Route::get('/contacts', function(){
      return view('frontend.contacts');
  })-&gt;name('contacts');
  
  Route::get('/search', [
      'uses' =&gt; 'CourseController@search',
      'as' =&gt; 'courses.search'
  ]);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have routes above these where you need to be authenticated before accessing and I can access them when logged in. You don't need to be logged in to access those above. From the six (6) I mentioned above I am able to access the first three (3) without being redirected. The other three (3) redirect me to the the home page with no error</p>
  
  <p>I'm not new to Laravel, the routes were working before. What could be the cause of this redirecting?</p>