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. CPS Fayetteville, PA
2. Fowler's Hollow State Park Blain, PA
3. Liberty Pole Bedford, PA
4. A Boyer Treat Altoona, PA
5. Seashells by the Seashore Rodanthe, NC
6. Concord Point Lighthouse Havre de Grace, MD
7. Pensacola Flamingo Pensacola, FL
8. States Plates: Peach State Trenton, GA
9. Wings of Hope Fort Loudon, PA
10. Common Artillery Gettysburg, PA
11. Happy 4th! Mcconnellsburg, PA
12. Oh, the places you'll go! Watsontown, PA

More new letterboxes

1. Ptolemy Coventry, CT
2. Rock Legends #2 Coventry, CT
3. Dancing with the Pygmies Mendocino, CA
4. Resting Places IX: Center Cemetery Assoc. Coventry, CT
5. THE OLDEN DAY ROAD NO LONGER USED Chester, CT (2/2)
6. Crossed Arrows Bridgton, ME
7. Pushing Up Daisies #64 Mansfield, CT
8. Bare Meadow Reading, MA (1/2)
9. Dinah's Comfort Kitchen 1959 Culver City, CA
10. Frogtown Los Angeles, CA
11. Prince of Darkness Alhambra, CA
12. DSP&P Nathrop, CO

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