KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The outdoor game Geocaching is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. “Geocaching is basically a high tech game of hide and seek,” said Chris Ronan from geocaching.com. It’s ...

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If the idea of searching for buried loot has always appealed to you, there’s no need to wait until a mysterious pirate map falls into your hands while cleaning out the attic. (We can’t all be Goonies.

The weekend is here, and it’s hard to believe that geocaching recently turned 25 years old. It’s still going strong with over 3.4 million caches hidden around the world. I used to do geocaching with ...

WEEK’S EXPLORE OUTDOORS. WHEN WE GET UP HERE, WE’LL WANT TO TURN TO THE LEFT. HIKING THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN COMMONS MAY NOT SEEM LIKE AN ADVENTURE. MAYBE JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MACY’S BUILDING, BUT ...

If it feels as if you’ve explored every last nook and cranny of your cramped lockdown life, know this: Right under your nose, there’s a hidden world operating entirely out of view. That world is ...

“We’re going geocaching?” my daughter asked. I started to explain what that meant, and she cut me off: “I know what it is. It’s a treasure hunt where you use GPS. It was in a book I read.” Apparently, ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — Geocaching celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The global game of hide and seek started in May 2000, when the U.S. government flipped a switch that made GPS signals far more accurate ...

Some might say that the entire point of exploring the great outdoors is disconnecting from the constant exposure to technology in our everyday lives and connecting with nature. Still, the right ...

Jul. 24—The sun peeked through the clouds on a calm summer morning. Downtown Astoria was surprisingly quiet. Few people walked along the sidewalks. Heading out of my apartment, I wondered whether to ...