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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The First Annual Masquerade Tribute was released on 3/20/21. Nine talented and generous members of the armchair treasure hunt community came together to offer nine challenging puzzles to solve. As of this writing, only 3 of those 9 treasure hunts have had their treasures claimed. 6 remain yet to be …
Treasures are hidden all over the place! MW Spotlights many of these hidden treasure caches and armchair treasure hunts so you can get your Quest On and find them! A list of over 40 treasure hunts and hidden treasure caches can be found here on MW and on the MW …
The art on the First Annual Masquerade Tribute Token was done by artist Beth Hovanec. Her art for the token was inspired by the fictional story in “Masquerade” itself. “Masquerade” was written by Kit Williams, and was published in 1979. It is now known to be the first armchair treasure …
The first MW Wednesday Spotlight is on…. Echo the Owl / The Last Echo Treasure Hunt by Natalie Nelson! The Last Echo Released on 4/1/21 Clues within a PDF Downloadable Booklet (7 pages) BOTG required to find a proxy item (a Treasure chest with a few goodies and contact info) …
Last week, on the Spring Equinox, The Masquerade Tribute, A collection of Nine Treasure Hunts for Charity was released! Although at any time one (or more) of these Treasures could be claimed, as of this posting, they ALL remain out there to either find (there are two Treasure Hunts which …
The release of The First Annual Masquerade Tribute is on Saturday, 3/20/21! Nine different treasure hunts with nine different treasures to claim, and with even an incredible bonus treasure to claim for the last hunt solved! It’s going to be thrilling from start to finish! I’m happy to be one …
Beth Hovanec of The Art of Hidden Messages is one of the hosts for The Masquerade Tribute. She was first introduced to armchair treasure hunts with ‘A Treasure’s Trove’ in 2004. For over 15 years now, she has been participating in, and winning, many treasure hunts under her screen name, …
Dustin and Deidra White are an awesome husband and wife team who enjoys exploring treasures together! You may recognize them. They were featured on Expedition Unknown with Josh Gates on an episode in search of The Secret Armchair Treasure Hunt’s buried treasures. The Secret was published in 1982 by Bryon …
The First Annual Masquerade Tribute: A Collection of Nine Treasure Hunts for Charity has an awesome line-up of Contributors! We’ve been featuring them in this segment, and today we have the pleasure to highlight CopperDan! To quick note: CopperDan is offering a free drawing for all those registered for The …
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 …
