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 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 …
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing a bit of information about those creating the Treasure Hunts for The First Annual Masquerade Tribute! As you may be aware the Masquerade Tribute will consist of NINE different treasure hunts, with NINE different treasures to claim, made by NINE different treasure …
Just a few short months ago, on November 13th, 2020, The Great US Treasure Hunt was released by David Steele and Jeff Kessler. Four Treasure Tokens, each worth $10,000 in cash, were hidden across the US. Clues to find the exact locations of these tokens were encoded inside The Great …
Two years ago, on Valentine’s Day 2019, the Secret Tribute: Hunt for the 13th Casque was released. This armchair treasure hunt, created by John Michaels and Kit Palencar, is free to all. All the Clues needed to discover the location of the buried key to claim the treasure can be …
A book which didn’t have a title when published, certainly ended up being referred to by many titles over the years. Kit Williams, who published the first armchair treasure hunt, Masquerade, in 1979, released another puzzle book, in May of 1984. But instead of discovering the location of a buried …
Ten years ago an 18carat Golden Acorn was buried somewhere in the beautiful English countryside. It remains there yet today, and waits to be found! Might YOU be the one to find this magical treasure?! Clues in order to discover the Golden Acorn are being given on the Nuts in …
An exciting new armchair treasure hunt entitled The Letters of St. Germain is set for release on 2-27-2021. The date coincides with the death of this legendary character! Quick Summary: Released 2/27/2021 Clues within a book (available on Amazon) BOTG required to retrieve proxy (Mainland USA) Treasure is the precious …
It’s always exciting to chat with other avid treasure hunters! Johannes has been involved in the treasure hunting community for numerous years – as both a creator of hunts and in questing for hidden treasures of other hunts! He has gained the experience for what makes an awesome Quest and …
Hidden treasure hunt caches are out there for you to find! There are currently over 40 different treasure hunts, each with a hidden treasure cache to claim, listed here on MW. With so many treasure hunts available, it is difficult to know which are the Top Ten, and how might …
The Great US Treasure Hunt, for $40,000 worth of prizes, was released on November 13, via an Ebook, now available on Amazon. It is known in order to discover the locations of 4 hidden proxy items, each used to claim a $10,000 treasure, searchers have to break a code. One …
