English teacher Kevin Roy allowed his students to choose the book, and asked them to turn in a creative assignment instead of ...

Shimmering gold lies in wait… ” promises the website of treasure hunter Martin Bayerle. It is now 44 years since he ...

A thrilling treasure hunt challenge where finding the hidden loot means walking away with real cash prizes.

Netflix When Santa Fe art dealer Forrest Fenn hid a treasure chest in the Rocky Mountains, it set off a phenomenon, inspiring the Netflix documentary, "Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn’s Treasure." ...

In 2013, Urban Milwaukee writer Brian Jacobson shared this story of how Milwaukee’s secret treasure came to be ... publisher from New York named Byron Preiss decided to promote his company ...

The treasure hunt this year was sponsored by The Summit Federal Credit Union. Many years the medallion isn’t found until the 8th, 9th or 10th daily clue. This is the 38th year the treasure hunt ...

Fenn’s hunt drew thousands of searchers and at times led to obsessive quests, arrests and several deaths. Since Fenn’s treasure was found in 2020, a subculture of amateur treasure hunters ...

A 31-year treasure hunt created by French author Regis Hauser has finally ended with the discovery of the “Golden Owl.” Launched in 1993 as part of a book that contained 11 clues to the golden ...

Meanwhile, the world's longest-running treasure hunt is believed to be The Secret, by Byron Preiss, published in 1982. It involves a search for 12 boxes of treasure buried at secret locations in ...

Another example of the form, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt, contains puzzles whose solutions lead to 12 buried treasure boxes. Though the book was published in 1982, only three of the treasures have ...

“The Secret,” another book-based hunt, came out ... over the remaining nine. Byron Preiss, the creator, died in a car accident in 2005. The most famous modern treasure hunt was for a chest ...