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.
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Join the adventures in the Amnesia Treasure Hunt! (Discussions on the MW Discord) Quill and Compass – creators of successful BookShop treasure hunt – have released another treasure hunt! How exciting! The hunt was released in June (2025) and is fully armchair – meaning not only the puzzles, but claiming …
On Justin Posey’s treasure map there are numerous rivers and mountain peaks noted on the map of Alaska. More than any other state. Is there a clue on this portion of the map? I think so! You’ll find the complete list of labeled areas below, but there are 9 mountain …
Seven Paces have been hosting hunts for a few years now! Their latest released treasure hunt is ‘A Fortune Lies Within Vermont’. It’s a book (available on Amazon) that holds clues to claim a treasure valued of at least $2500. Exciting! Will you be the one to find it? Let’s …
Justin Posey’s Stanza 4 in Beyond the Map’s Edge Treasure Poem: What are the clues in Justin Posey’s Stanza 4? The clues in Justin’s treasure poem, once understood correctly, will lead to a hidden million-dollar treasure cache. The clues lead to a location on a map. Therefore, the poem lines …
What is Justin Posey’s Checkpoint in the Beyond the Map’s Edge treasure hunt? (Join discussions on the MW Discord) Justin Posey’s Checkpoint Facts In MW’s Six Questions with Justin, he said this about the checkpoint: “My treasure hunt has a built-in checkpoint that will give you that reassuring feeling of …
Justin Posey Netflix Clue? On June 21, Justin Posey took part in a Q/A session. This was after the book signing in Dillon, Montana. (Highlights from Q/A) One of the highlights from the Q/A was when Justin said there were 2 clues in the Netflix Gold & Greed Documentary that …
List of Justin Posey Audiobook Differences: On March 27th, 2025, Justin Posey released the hardcover book Beyond the Map’s Edge (available on Amazon). This book holds clues to find his hidden treasure. On May 21, 2025, Justin released an audio version of Beyond the Map’s Edge (available on Justin’s website) …
Jon Collins-Black Interview Highlights! JCB was quiet over the winter, so it was great to see him active again! He was interviewed by Ema and Jam of the Treasure Hunt With Us YouTube channel. Below is a list of highlights from that interview – You can watch the full video …
Justin Posey’s Audiobook Released! Justin Posey’s Audiobook for Beyond the Map’s Edge has been released. This includes a bonus chapter – LOS CAMARONES CALIENTES – as well as some additional musical pieces by Hyram Posey – Justin’s Uncle. Back near the end of April Justin Posey told us the audiobook …
The TREASUREFIX word search solved! We Didn’t Start the Word Search by TREASUREFIX was released on March 1st. The first person to solve it could claim the $5,000 Cash Bounty. After about 2 months – the clues came together for a team of puzzlers: Unicorn, Brute_Forcing, and Sean! CONGRATS to …
