Hints for the "Treasure" Hunts

Depending on the city, the "treasure" might be pirate's gold, a "roving" party, valuable stock, or even your car keys. Regardless, all the treasure hunts work the same way, and here are a few hints that might help you find your way.

1. Look on both sides of the street. 
   
   
2. Look at every photo including small photos
   
   
3. Text clues may be anywhere (i.e. photo titles, within the text of page, or in photos).
   
   
4. You can follow a street to the end, even if it changes names.
   
   
5. Stay on the road or path until the clues tell you to turn. If you reach the end of the road, you've missed a clue.
   
   
6.  Some clues require that you leave the street. 
   
   
7. If a clue is in "quotation marks," you must find the word exactly as it appears. 
   
   
8. Some intersections are T-shaped. 
   
   
9. Be prepared to cover some ground between clues. 
   
   
10. The treasure map is in a window that can be moved (click and drag the title bar) and resized (click and drag a border). Reposition it as needed as you search for clues or print it out and close the window.
    
    
11. If you click in the middle of a street, a Street History will appear along with pictures of every building on the street. This can be very helpful.
    
    
12. All the clues are taken directly from photographs available for viewing at each site.
    
    
13. The game will take you approximately one to two hours, but you will see lots of cool stuff along the hunt.

 Additional Hints:

The treasure hunt gets a little tougher as you work your way through it. Here are some extra hints that might help:

• When you see an architectural detail as a clue, be sure to look in EVERY photo associated with the site. The architectural detail may otherwise be missed.
  
  

• Put yourself in the “real world” when taking directions literally. If you are walking south on a street and directions tell you to turn left, you would head east.