Mysterious Writings is the leading website on active armchair treasure hunts, as well as those of the past.

Multiple treasure hunt puzzles, that are currently in progress, are listed on the site for your convenience. Summaries, updates, and information about how to get started on armchair treasure hunts can be found here.

For a list of active armchair treasure hunts please click here: Treasure Hunts. There you will find a quick run down on all the what, where, when, why, who, and hows for each of the hunts.

If you are new to the hobby, be sure to check out the post of How to Get Started in Armchair Treasure Hunting. It includes lots of tips and examples of how past armchair treasure hunts have been solved, which in turn will help you understand how those of today might be hiding clues for you to solve.

Join other searchers on the MW Forum , MW DISCORD Channel, or the MW Facebook Treasure Hunting Group for discussions. You can also subscribe to MW’s YouTube Channel, and/or Newsletter, to keep up to date on all that’s happening here on MW treasures, puzzles, and games.

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Bonus Treasure for The Last Masquerade Tribute Hunt to be Solved: A Very Generous Gift from Jen Rao

We received a very generous donation from fellow treasure hunter, Jen Rao, for the First Annual Masquerade Tribute Hunt! Jen is donating this one-of-a-kind, handmade necklace and earring set, by Eleyne Williams, Kit Williams’ wife! Thank you Jen! From Eleyne’s website: Eleyne studied Literature at University and whilst there started …

The Contributors of The First Annual Masquerade Tribute: Martin Smith of Read and Seek Adventures & The GRRiddler (Grand Rapids Riddler)

The following is the fifth of nine in the MW series on The Contributors of The First Annual Masquerade Tribute.  Catch them all on The Masquerade Tribute Page, where links to all nine of the generous contributors to the Masquerade Tribute will be listed, along with other details of this …

The Contributors of The First Annual Masquerade Tribute: Bill Gardner of Kodeword Kards and Puzzled Pint

MW continues this segment on The Contributors of The First Masquerade Tribute with Bill Gardner of Kodeword Kards!   In a previous MW Six Questions with Bill, we learned he had explored numerous different treasure hunts and puzzles over the years, and in doing so, had come up with lots of …

The Contributors of The First Annual Masquerade Tribute: Robert Brewer of The Lost Skull Treasure Hunt

In the fall of 2019, Robert Brewer launched The Lost Skull Armchair Treasure Hunt.  The treasure of that hunt was a Marble Skull, along with $1000 cash!  There were additional follow-up prizes as well, and all were claimed by the spring of 2020. Robert had combined his skills as a …

Higher and Higher, The Diamond Scrolls of Mysterious Writings, and The Treasure Chest Project

The book, Higher and Higher, encourages young listeners (and readers) to seek higher and higher, gaze beyond the furthest stars, and to travel where dreams wait to be discovered. But the book also sparked the question, ‘What happens to those wishes made upon the stars?’ Surely they’re not lost there……cast …