Choose your investigation
Walk the streets. Read the clues. Find what everyone else walks past.
A forgotten town. Three locations. A mystery buried in plain sight.
A forgotten town. Three locations. A mystery buried in plain sight. Your investigation begins here.
- 1You get one clue at a time. Work out where it leads.
- 2Walk there and check in with your phone’s location.
- 3Look closely at a detail you can see from the street, and answer.
- 4Each answer adds evidence to your casebook. Three pieces solve the final mystery.
“[Sample clue] Seek the place where the town once gathered, and where something old still keeps watch over the street.”
When you think you’re in the right spot, check in.
Use a hint?
Using this hint takes 50 points off your final score. A second hint would cost another 75.
Finding your position
Hold still for a moment. A better signal gives a better reading.
Your location is used only for this check-in.
You’re getting warmer
You need to be within 40 m. Distance only, no direction: the clue does the rest.
You’ve found the place
Now look around you. The next question is about something you can see from where you’re standing.
We can’t check you in
Hidden History needs your location for a moment to confirm you’ve reached each place.
- Open your phone’s Settings
- Go to your browser, then Location
- Choose Allow while using, then come back here
[Sample question] From the pavement, count the placeholder feature above the main doorway. How many are there?
[Sample evidence title]
A short, sourced historical note will appear here, telling the player what they’ve just found and why it matters to the case.
no hints used
Your casebook
The final mystery
[Sample] Lay the three exhibits side by side. What links the three places together?
You have one deduction. Choose carefully.
Well done, detective
You found what the town forgot.
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