Complete List of Past Hiding Locations

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Pioneer Press Hiding List

Over the years, the St. Paul Pioneer Press Winter Carnival Medallion Hunt has lured people outdoors to face the frigid weather and to search through some of the most scenic spots in the fair capital city to find a modern bit of buried treasure. Here are all the hiding places dating back to 1952.

Year	General Location	Pinpointed location	How it was concealed
2008	Indian Mounds Park	TBD	Plastic-covered packaging from 3M Highland brand invisible tape
2007	Central Park - Roseville	Near the base of a tree, close to a footbridge to the playground	Nothing
2007	Hidden Falls Park	Along a line straight South of Cleveland Avenue	Encased in ice, with the UAW Local 879 and Ford Logos under some logs
2006	Battle Creek Park	Amidst some tall grass near a stand of pine trees on the sledding hill behind the recreation center	Inside a Nut Goodie Wrapper, wrapped in a red and black garter and frozen in ice
2005	Indian Mounds Park	Under a tree in the Eastern end of the park
2005	Crosby Farm Park	Under a fallen tree branch	Attached to the bark of a tree
2004	Phalen Park	In a wooded area, in the area between Phalen and Round Lakes, not unlike the 2003 location	Loose in the snow in a green-iced donut
2003	Como Park	In a wooded area north of the old fireplace	Frozen in ice
2002	Merriam Park	On the ground in the middle of a baseball diamond	Stuck to a tortilla chip can liner
2001	Como Park	Downhill fromt he park's West Picnic Grounds.	Inside an "Iron Man" sock, stuffed into a "Dove" soap box
2000	Newell Park	Between the bench swing and baseball diamond	Inside a box of Ace brand playing cards
1999	Conway Park	Across the street from 459 Ruth St. in the Northwest corner of the park	Inside a crocheted pouch
1998	Cherokee Park	Near the woods at the south end of the park	Inside an "Old Navy" brand sock
1997	Como Park	Across Estabrook Drive from the frog pond, in a stand of 27 trees	Wrapped in a bandana stuffed in a Curad bandage box
1996	Harriet Island Park	Near the picnic shelter	Inside a Skoal Tobacco Container
1995	Battle Creek Park	Near the picnic shelter on Winthrop St.	Wrapped in a knit yarn pouch
1994	Highland Park	Near the Police Station	Inside a wooden box
1993	Hidden Falls Park	Between the bike path and the entrance road downhill from the North entrance	Concealed in a baby diaper
1992	Cherokee Park	Near the bend in Cherokee Ave. as it makes its way towards Smith. Ave.	Hidden in a White Mitten
1991	Langford Park	Near the intersercion of Knapp Pl. and Knapp St.	Inside a Hostess Sno-Ball
1990	Como Park	Pointed at by the torpedo monument	In a clump of clay and grass
1989	State Capitol Mall	Between the hedges south of Constitution Ave.	In a pair of earmuffs
1988	Tony Schmidt Park	Between the parking lot and domed shelter across the street from Lake Johanna	Embedded in a chunk of almond bark
1987	Indian Mounds Park	In the block bordered by Mounds Blvd., Mounds St., and clemont St.	Hidden in a clump of clay and grass
1986	Highland Park	Near the old Highland Park swimming pool	Inside a pipe cap
1985	Kellogg Park	Underneath a boulder near the Robert. St. end of the park	Tucked inside a White Castle box
1984	Newell Park	Near the southeast corner of the park	Attached to a piece of a broken Elvis Presley 45rpm record
1983	Phalen Park	Near the picnic pavillion	In a bag of Oreo's; it replaced the filling in one of the cookies
1982	Wakefield Park	Near the sledding hill on Prosperity Ave.	Wrapped in a newspaper
1981	Acorn Park	Across the walking path from the skating rink	Stuck between a pair of leaves
1980	Como Park	Near the Schiller Statue	Covered in plaster, made to look like a stone
1979	Marthaler Park	Near the tennis courts.	Attached to a piece of tree bark
1978	Harriet Island Park	Midway between the road and the pavillion building	Frozen in a ball of milk and ice
1977	Irvine Park	On the ground amid eight trees	Inside a cigar box
1976	Keller Park	Underneath the roots of the first tree south of the bridge to the island	In a "Y" shaped tree branch
1975	Mears Park	Near the intersection of Sibley and 5th Sts.	In a Bull Durham tobacco sack wedged in a picnic bench
1974	Cherokee Park	Between a large oak tree, and a grove of pine trees and large rock directly in line with winona St.	Inside a Coca Cola can concealed within a White paper bag
1973	Phalen Park	Near Light Pols # 13 on the Pavillion Parking Lot	Cemented into a closet rod bracket
1972	Marydale Park	South of the westenmost manhole cover	Attached to a gold-painted gooseneck water trap
1971	Wakefield Park	Near the lake	Inside the wheel of a baby buggy
1970	Battle Creek Park	On the 50-yard line of the football field on Upper Afton Rd.	A cast iron vise
1969	Interstae 35E at Victoria Street	On the bridge of the then-future highway intersection	Frozen rocks
1968	Highland Park	Near three oak trees up the hill from the intersection of Lexington Pkwy, Montreal Ave., and W. 7th, St.	A piece of plasterboard
1967	Minnesota State Fair Grounds	Between the Judging Arena and the KTCA booth	A horseshoe
1966	Harriet Island park	Between the baseball ddiamonds	An old-fashioned clothes iron
1965	Como Park	100 paces east of the Larry Ho plaque	A block of printer's lead
1964	Beaver Lake Park	Near the intersection of Edgewater Blvd. and Geranium Avenue	A gold colored brick
1963	Between Farrington and Louis Sts. and Rondo and Carroll Aves.	On the ground near a hollow stump	Loosly tossed in the snow
1962	Mississippi River Freeway	Near a survey marker for the soon-to-be Interstate 35E	Hard-packed snow
1961	Highland Park	Near the ballfields at Montreal and Edgecumbe	A clump of grass
1960	Harriet Island Park	In the woods in the west end of the park	In the heel of a boot
1959	Warner Road	Near the railroad signal structury	Betwen leaves in a tree
1958	Phalen Park	Under the Highway 61 bridge between Phalen and Keller Pakrs	In milky ice
1957	Battle Creek Park	Near the county workhouse farm	Above ground in a clump of roots
1956	Como Park	Near the Old Stone Fireplace	Inside a Hollow Log
1955	Downtown St. Paul	Underneath a mailbox at 7th and Robert streets	Magnetized under a mailbox
1954	Hidden Falls Park	Inside the Ford Plant entrance	In the base of a tree covered with dirt and moss
1953	Minnesota State Fairgrounds	Near the Poultry Building	Near the base of a tree
1953	Cherokee Park	Near the tennis courts at Delaware St. and Cherokee Ave.	Snow and dried leaves
1952	Highland Park	Leland and W. 7th St.	Treasure chest in a clump of weeds

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The Here and Beyond

All the clues from all the years are now available. They're not currently as perfectly explained as they ought to be, but we're getting there. As time permits, the clue descriptions will be cleaned up and anecdotes will be added to make you laugh and clap. The individual hunt pages through the 1970s are dynamically generated by the web server, and may contain links to the more recent hunts, whose content differs from the static pages; At the moment, we're working on getting all of the supplemental information into the same dynamic page engine as the clues are. As we do, more of the site will be converted to the dynamic pages you currently see, and links may be temporarily broken as a result. If you ever find anything that offends you, don't hesitate to write and complain. No malice or poor taste is ever intended in these family-friendly pages.

One of the more recent representative images of the hunt from the Pioneer Press. For a look at Winter Carnival button designs from past years, see Ron Young's excellent St. Paul Winter Carnival button collection or another keep-it-simple button index reminiscent of the earliest days of the Web.