In 1982, NYC native Byron Preiss published "The Secret: A Treasure Hunt", a book of puzzling prose and paintings illustrated by John Jude Palencar.

Buried in the pages of the 1982 book "The Secret: A Treasure Hunt" are intricate clues leading to keys said to be hidden across the U.S. One could be in St. Pete. Skip Navigation ...

I promise I’m not losing it: For over a year now, a treasure hunt has been hiding in plain sight at this Zachary’s. Since the 1980s, the beloved East Bay deep-dish chain has been hosting art ...

ST. PETERSBURG — Nearly 40 years ago, New York author Byron Preiss published The Secret, a book with paintings like fairy tales and cryptic verses that double as clues in a treasure hunt he ...

Though the popular treasure hunt thriller The Da Vinci Code is speculative to say the least, Leonardo da Vinci did hide some secret messages in paintings, including the “Mona Lisa,” which is ...

Treasure hunt for hidden art at San Jose’s main library Share this: ... And while there’s no actual secret passageway, darn it, it sure had my Nancy Drew senses tingling.

The cover to the book, right, "The Secret: A Treasure Hunt," which was published by Byron Preiss in 1982 and offers clues to hidden treasures buried in parks around America. Image via Amazon/Reddit ...

It marks one of the most valuable “armchair” hunts that have proliferated since Forrest Fenn, a New Mexico art dealer, hid a million-dollar treasure in 2010 and left clues in a poem.Fenn’s ...

Mysterious decade-long treasure hunt finally turns up gold; Forrest Fenn, the wealthy New Mexico art dealer who hid it, offered only a poem as a clue.

Brian Zinn, left, and Andy Abrams, right, search for buried treasure at the Greek Cultural Gardens in Cleveland, OH, Saturday, May 8, 2004. They were looking for a key, mentioned in a book called ...