A high-tech game has given new meaning to scavenger hunts, and a new way to attract tourists to North Dakota. Geocaching uses handheld GPS (global positioning system) devices to track down caches, ...

In 2016, Jon Collins-Black set out in search of treasure hidden by the art dealer Forrest Fenn. He never found Fenn’s fortune, a pirate’s treasure chest of gold coins and jewels buried for a decade.

Millions of kids will fondly remember the exciting treasure hunts from summer camp. Armed with a set of instructions and a vague idea of where to go, they would speed off in search of as many prizes ...

“Amateur treasure hunting has emerged as a unique American subculture represented prototypically by the Fenn chase community,” psychology professor Alan King wrote in a study published in 2021. He ...