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Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt: Diggers are getting confident

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img_5609.webp, Caley Kelly, 22, left, is the expert clue noodler of her family — “our secret weapon,” said her mom, Doreen Kelly, second from right, during the Pione
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressTen clues into the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt, and sleep-deprived people were starting to coal
Winter Carnival Treasure Hunt participants speak
She wasn’t the only hunter pulling an almost-all-nighter: Veteran digger Steven Sanftner didn’t drive back to his Falcon Heights home the night before

It’s Day 10 of the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt, but who knows even which park it’s in?

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Hopeful at Harriet Island? Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt clue day 9
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressOn Day 9, it seemed it might be down to four parks.This year’s Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt has
An ‘old school’ Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt site
 The two were wearing their fleece hat bearing a patch reading “Mary’s Medallions,” which Janel’s grandmother, Mary Carlson, made for her and her four
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A romance that grew from the deep snows of the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

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marriage-proposal.webp, “He said yes!” says Jana Armstead after surprising her longtime boyfriend, Brad TeGantvoort, with a marriage proposal involving an elaborate flash mob
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressIn the glow of the Winter Carnival Ice Castle, a few dozen people — some of them in Vikings gar
St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Palace Minnesota Vikings Flash Mob Wedding Proposal
The longtime couple “met” on an online Treasure Hunt message board, where they went by their aliases, “Me2” said. “We were friends to begin with. Bein
received951655113321221074.webp, Jana Armstead, right, holds up her engagement ring from Brad TeGantvoort near the Quadriga on a roof of the Minnesota Capitol on Aug. 21, 2017. TeGant
Actually, she said yes and accepted his ring on the Capitol’s rooftop Quadriga — where they accidentally got locked out and had to wait for the next t

Maplewood Myth busted: The Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt is welcome there, mayor says

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0004djo2017treasure-hunt-kellerclue9.jpg, Rebecca Gibson and her triplets, from left, Maxwell, Ben and Audrey, march along a path in Keller Regional park in Maplewood, Minn., in search of the
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressWill the medallion ever turn up in a Maplewood city park?Last year, the Pioneer Press Treasure

The thrill of Treasure Hunt victory — through the eyes of a 12-year-old

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houle2-1.webp, Diane Houle holds the front-page story the Pioneer Press ran after her group found the Treasure Hunt medallion in 1978, when Houle was 12. Her group i
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressForty years ago, a 12-year-old got to go back to school on Monday as the winner of the Pioneer

The snowy scene is set — and clear skies ahead for the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

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jea-0016-medallion-hunt-wed.jpg, Meghan Spitzack of Minneapolis digs through the snow looking for the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion in Mounds Park in St. Paul on Wednesday, Ja
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressBaby, it’s cold outside — but when has that ever stopped Pioneer Press Treasure Hunters?After M

Somewhere in that snow, $10,000 could be yours. Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt 2018 is nearly here.

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Treasure-Hunt-12.webp, The tracks of Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion hunters mark a creek depression at Lake Phalen Regional Park on Feb. 3, 2004. Hundreds of medallio
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressAll it takes is a little snow to spike Treasure Hunt fever.Now that we’ve finally got a fresh c

It’s the biggest park in St. Paul. And nobody knows about it.

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jmp-001-0237-pigs-eye-regional-park.webp, Mike Hahm, St. Paul Parks and Recreation Director, and Angie Tillges, from Great River Passage Initiative walk through Pig’s Eye Regional Park in St.
By TAD VEZNER | tvezner@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe drive takes you past a line of massive industrial lots. Two sets of train tracks. A couple
jmp-002-0075-pigs-eye-regional-park.jpg, Angie Tillges, from Great River Passage Initiative, left, and Mike Hahm, St. Paul Parks and Recreation Director, walk the path through Pig's Eye Regio
“It’s been mowed twice in its lifetime,” Mary DeLaittre says of the path. She manages the city’s Great River Passage Initiative, which has included th
jmp-004-0487-pigs-eye-regional-park.jpg, Mike Hahm, St. Paul Parks and Recreation director, right, and Angie Tillges, from Great River Passage Initiative in the parking lot of Pig's Eye Regio
ISOLATED PARK LIMITS ACCESSAnother reason for the inherent sense of solitude is the park’s isolation: there are no immediate residential neighbors. Ju
jmp-005-0522-pigs-eye-regional-park.jpg, Just past Environmental Wood Supply at 2165 Pig's Eye Lake Road is the ummarked Pig's Eye Regional Park. These are the last signs you will see on Pig'
“People don’t think they’re supposed to be here,” said Angie Tillges, another Initiative staffer. “There’s no signs, lots of edges and barriers.” She’
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