2025 Inver Grove Heights Days Medallion Hunt

Submitted by Administrator on Fri, 08/08/2025 - 12:57 PM

The first clue will be released on Tuesday, Sept 2nd at 6pm.

A new clue will be posted at ighdays.hunt.tc at 6:00pm every day September 2-6

or until the treasure has been claimed (whichever occurs first).

Finder of the medallion will receive $250 in cash and $100 Inver Grove Brewing gift cards.

(if a 2025 IGH Days button has been purchased, otherwise $100 in gift cards will be awarded)

Hunt Information

Dates

Scheduled Dates

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Find Date

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Finders

Name

Ryan Browning

Name

Kim Browning

Name

Tom Lauinger

Prize

Maximum Prize

$250 plus $100 in Inver Grove Brewing Gift Cards

Awarded Prize

$250 plus $100 in Inver Grove Brewing Gift Cards

Location

General Location

Siedl's Lake Park.

Pinpointed Location

Near the South End of the Lake

Concealer

At the base of an Oak Tree covered in red "plumage"

44.88096, -93.0543

Clues

Introduction

Observe in your way to honor this day
The power of organized labor
Back your union in faith and communion
Remember to love thy neighbor

The official meaning of the clue.

The Introduction contains the phrases "organized labor," "faith and communion" and "love thy neighbor," as well as the word "union." These are meant to suggest searching for a location near a church that is connected to (and shared with) a neighboring town.

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Clue 1

Published Date

Monday, September 8, 2025, 6:00 PM

The deed is done and the search has begun
Through the parks of Inver Grove Heights
To locate the treasure by common measure
With a golden rule of equal rights

This calls for cheers so grab your beers
Let's raise a treasure hunt toast
Lift up your mug and give it a chug
Then order another — Prost!

The official meaning of the clue.

Clue #1 contains the phrases "a golden rule of equal rights," "grab your beers," "raise a treasure hunt toast," and "Lift up your mug," and the words "park," "chug," and "Prost!" These are meant to suggest searching at a park associated with beer that has a German name—specifically Seidl's Lake Park (a "seidl" is a type of Bavarian beer stein)—for a location in line with yellow trail signs marking left and right turns with arrows in a 90-degree angle.

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Clue 2

Somewhere over the four-leaf clover
Take a big bite from the apple
And make a break around the lake
Just down the street from the chapel

The official meaning of the clue.

Clue #2 (unpublished) suggests a location with a lake "Somewhere over the four-leaf clover" and "Just down the street from the chapel" where hunters can "take a big bite from the apple;" specifically, this is intended to suggest an area north of the 494-52 cloverleaf near a local church (in this case Bethesda Lutheran).

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Clue 3

To find our bower spot a tower
From where our neighbors reside
With indication of declination
Beyond the playground slide

The official meaning of the clue.

Clue #3 (unpublished) contains the phrases "spot a tower / From where our neighbors reside," "indication of declination," "Beyond the playground," and the words "bower" and "slide." These are meant to suggest hunters find a park with a view of the South St. Paul water tower, then move beyond the playground, past signs designating the park trail's grade—roughly in line with Bower Court. The word "slide" anagrams to "Seidl."

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Clue 4

Down in the mouth? Head north to south
To follow the proper direction
From frowns to smiles twist sleek dials
And establish a fresh connection

The official meaning of the clue.

Clue #4 (unpublished) suggests hunters "Head north to south" (i.e. go north toward South St. Paul) to "twist sleek dials," instructing hunters find a meaningful anagram for "sleek dials" to reveal this hunt's location at Seidl's Lake—which was connected by trail to Inver Grove Heights just last year.

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Clue 5

Make the take at Seidl's Lake
Head north of children's pleasure
Pass the grades and grassland staves
To root out the Inver Grove treasure

Follow the bend where pathways wend
On our signal proceed as directed
To the foot of an oak under berry-red cloak
With leaves not so simply detected

The official meaning of the clue.

Clue #5 (unpublished) reveals the precise hiding spot in Seidl's Lake Park, in the "root" of a "red" "berry" bush "at the foot of an oak," wrapped in four hosta "leaves" and bundled with twine.

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