For those of you who don't live in the Twin Cities, come Winter, there is a treasure hunt that begins in January as part of the St. Paul Winter Carnival - a tradition since 1952. The Pioneer Press prints in their newspaper 12 clues on 12 consecutive days. These clues point to a local park, where participants race to the park they think the clues point them towards, and start searching for the medallion. The clues are often cryptic until the 12th day, when people line up outside the newspaper offices, cell phones in hand and partners in parks, when the 12th clue gives them almost the exact location. The medallion has previously been hidden in a diaper, a White Castle hamburger box, a soda can, inside an Oreo cookie, and frozen in ice. If you find this medallion, besides the glory of winning, you get $10,000.00 and a year's worth of free groceries from Cub Foods.
So, as you can imagine, due to the economy, finding this treasure is quite worth getting out into the cold and digging around. Did I mention it's Winter?!! Finding this sucker isn't going to be easy and the clues have been super cryptic. I hope no one finds it until the 12th clue is revealed!
Awesome!
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