A real life treasure map might reveal where German soldiers hid millions in riches from World War II. The map was kept hidden for 75 years under the official secrets act.

But, just like any good treasure hunt, there is always a map or, in this case, a book with clues to help. “Buried treasure” is a term many associate with depictions of pirates and other criminals.

Traditional treasure-hunting is a huge hassle—you have to buy an ancient map in a scary curio shop, hire a ship captain with a hidden agenda, bribe officials in exotic nations, and who knows ...

A newly declassified, World War II-era map supposedly points to buried Nazi treasure in the Netherlands. Red Xs literally mark the spots of a reported $19 million bounty of Nazi diamonds, gold ...

Did you ever draw your own treasure map and pretend to go searching for it as a kid? Well, in a forest somewhere in the northeast, potentially here in the D.C. area, a real life treasure hunt is ...

A new Netflix docu-series, "Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn's Treasure," has inspired a fresh wave of treasure hunting after one of its stars revealed he has hidden his own cache of valuables ...

I went on a real life Project Skydrop treasure hunt. This is what I discovered A golden trophy and pot of prize money worth more than $100,000 was hidden in a forest recently. So of course I ...

A New Hampshire video game developer has launched a real-life treasure hunt in New England. Jason Rohrer, creator of Project Skydrop, has hidden a pure 24-karat gold treasure in the forests.

Ms. Wakefield, 46, soon learned that she had stumbled upon a treasure chest intentionally hidden by Michael Cloherty O’Connell, the author of two history books that led readers on scavenger ...