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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Six Questions MORE with David Jacobsen: Creator of The Hatter’s Hat Armchair Treasure Hunt

David Jacobsen has offered readers an exciting challenge!  Somewhere in the United States, a hidden treasure chest waits to be found! Clues to where this treasure is located are given in the armchair treasure hunting book, The Hatter’s Hat. As we learned in a previous Six Questions, if you can …

The 2021 Masquerade Tribute End of Hunt Summary: All Treasure Hunts Solved With Near $4500 Dollars Donated to Charity

The First Annual Masquerade Tribute has ended. All NINE treasure hunts included in the 2021 Tribute have now been solved and treasures claimed! It was such a successful project with near $4,500 dollars donated to charity. (Final total sent in: $4341.59) There were multiple winners of the hunts (over 40!), …