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Word of Mouth

An Old-Timey Treasure Hunt

New Hampshire Public Radio

Published November 3, 2011 at 12:24 PM EDT

Forget Geocaching...these folks are going old-school with something called Letterboxing...and they love it. WoM correspondent Nancy Greenleese bring us the story.

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