WEEK’S EXPLORE OUTDOORS. WHEN WE GET UP HERE, WE’LL WANT TO TURN TO THE LEFT. HIKING THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN COMMONS MAY NOT SEEM LIKE AN ADVENTURE. MAYBE JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MACY’S BUILDING, BUT ...

The Jim Henson Company has enlisted the help of PBS stations, museums, zoos, and aquariums nationwide to hide Dinosaur Train themed geocaches. Geocaching is a family friendly outdoor adventure that ...

Historical sightseeing may never be the same again. Now parents can tell their children to bring their smartphones with them for a nature walk, and national parks may want tourists to leave something ...

Alex Simmons knew that her boyfriend was going to propose the day it happened. What she didn't know is that she'd first spend the day logging her progress by GPS until she climbed more stairs than she ...

The latest scavenger hunt takes you underwater. Geocaching started as a hobby more than a decade ago on land; now it is slowly becoming popular with scuba enthusiasts around the world looking for new ...

It's not as sexy or hot as location check-in sites, but as far as user adoption and active participation goes geocaching still has something to teach the upstarts -- especially when it comes to making ...

On a recent too-hot morning at Papago Park, I try my hand at a high-tech treasure hunt that’s become an international craze. It’s called geocaching, and it’s both tougher and more fun than I expected.

On May 2, 2000, the U.S. government lifted restrictions that made GPS technology more accurate and accessible to the general public. This day became known as Blue Switch Day, and this decision ...

SEATTLE — Geocaching celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The global game of hide and seek started in May 2000, when the U.S. government flipped a switch that made GPS signals far more accurate ...

Steinhaus explains that geocaching originally was a high-tech treasure-hunting game played throughout the world by adventure-seekers equipped with GPS devices. One of the center’s goals is to connect ...

Geocaching is a real world, outdoor adventure game where players use a free mobile app or a GPS device to find cleverly hidden containers (or caches) around the world. Some containers hold little ...