Muggles don’t only exist in Harry Potter’s world; they also exist in the world of geocaching. A muggle, in the Harry Potter books, is anyone who is not a witch or a wizard; in geocaching, a muggle is ...

When I opened the well-hidden Altoids box on a sunny afternoon not too long ago, I immediately morphed from a “muggle” to a “cacher” in the global treasure hunt known as geocaching. With their ...

“Wait!” warns Pier Paolo Perrone in a loud whisper as I reach for a shiny clue at the base of a deep-purple plum tree. He nods toward a gray-haired couple walking past with yoga mats before explaining ...

Like the wizard shopping district of Diagon Alley in the "Harry Potter" books and movies, there's a bit of magic hidden in plain sight around Erie County, if you just know where to look. At least 587 ...

Patches of snow dot the landscape of Recreation Park in Binghamton on a frigid day in early April, adding to the frustration for a first-time ‘cacher’ trying to find a hidden container located in the ...

Persuading two young teens to abandon their gaming stations and take a nature walk with their grandmother is like plowing without a tractor or horses. But suggest geocaching and suddenly they’re ...

They're tucked away behind park benches and street signs. They lie in crevices beneath the boardwalk, among scattered beer cans and empty pizza boxes. Sometimes, they're hidden in plain sight, ...

Muggles: Do not be alarmed. Those people snooping around the river are not thieves. They're geocachers. Geocaching, a kind of high-tech treasure hunt, is a relatively new hobby — just over 10 years ...

Woppy and Jules relied on a "travel bug" geocache to pick their honeymoon location for them When he decided to try geocaching, Ian Peacock naively thought it was a trendy type of treasure hunt. Using ...

When he decided to try geocaching, Ian Peacock naively thought it was a trendy type of treasure hunt. Using a GPS receiver, he set off to locate various containers or "geocaches" hidden by other ...

When he decided to try geocaching, Ian Peacock naively thought it was a trendy type of treasure hunt. Using a GPS receiver, he set off to locate various containers or "geocaches" hidden by other ...