Letterboxing is an intriguing “treasure hunt” style outdoor activity. Letterboxers hide small, weatherproof boxes in publicly-accessible places (like parks) and post clues to finding the box online on one of several Web sites. However, clues to finding some of the most highly-sought boxes are passed around by word of mouth.

There are about 60,000 active letterboxes listed on LbNA alone. Individual letterboxes usually contain a log book, an often hand-carved rubber stamp and occasionally contain an ink pad. Finders make an imprint of the letterbox’s stamp on their personal log book, and leave an imprint of their personal stamp on the letterbox’s logbook.

1. Christmas - Tree Alhambra, CA
2. Christmas - Snowman Burbank, CA
3. Christmas - sELF parking Los Angeles, CA
4. Damon’s 1937 Glendale, CA
5. What Now Cypress, TX
6. What Now Cypress, TX
7. Viewpoint Brewing Del Mar, CA
8. Station Craft Brewery Dana Point, CA
9. Sphere - Eagles Las Vegas, NV
10. Christmas in Ragtown Boulder City, NV
11. When Beavers Dream Boulder City, NV
12. Poker Chip: 2024 Las Vegas, NV

More new letterboxes

1. Weeping Angel - Calvary's Angel Denison, TX
2. Flanders 2014 Launching: Whittemore View of the Lake Middlebury, CT
3. Library Letterbox Orem, UT
4. Old Vegas Las Vegas, NV
5. cicLAvia Hello Kitty Reseda, CA
6. The Great White Hut 1947 Glendale, CA
7. Resting in Peace #7==Bats, Butterflies, Salamander Bozrah, CT (4/4)
8. Winnie-the-Pooh and the 101 Aker Wood ???, MA
9. The Goldsmith Bug ???, MA
10. The Goldsmith Reservation Epic Quest Andover, MA (2/5)
11. Quilt Codes Andover, MA (1/10)
12. Pepperland Series: All You Need Is Glove! Andover, MA

You might be thinking to yourself, "Wow, I wonder why this home page takes so long to load?" This is to give you time to read the Tip of the Day, of course! Now when the tip is really short you may be left with too much time on your hands and start drumming your fingers on the table.

If you’re still reading this then either a) the page is REALLY slow, b) you’re a quick reader, b) you feel that you should read the whole thing because it might be important, c) the weather outside is so bad that you can’t go letterboxing, or d) you’ve found all of the letterboxes in your area and are breathlessly waiting for the next new clue to post in your area.

To answer your next question... yes, I know there are two "b" options above. Happy Hunting!