Fortunes of the Flatiron District Scavenger Hunt | Urban Adventure from NoMad to Union Square
Private, fully hosted team competitions. Puzzle-driven pen & paper games in the real world.
Inside the Hunt
Navigate New York’s Gilded Age — where tycoons built castles in the sky, the first skyscrapers defied gravity, and public squares became stages for progress. Our Fortunes of the Flatiron District scavenger hunt propels you through a neighborhood built on ambition and spectacle — the perfect arena for some friendly competition!
Your group forms teams and sets out from Madison Square Park, just steps from the Flatiron Building and MetLife Tower. The hunt unfolds as you venture into grand lobbies, culinary halls, and wave to the ghost of William Seward as you go!
Since 2008
Flatiron's Hidden Stories
Along the way, sneak into the New York Life Building, see where the first-ever public Christmas tree was dedicated and explore the worlds of Eataly and Harry Potter. Trace your way down historic Broadway to Union Square, where workers and presidents left their mark.
Highlights
- Meet Civil War hero David Glasgow Farragut, discover a Worthy obelisk, and the birthplace of Shake Shack
- Examine the Appellate Division Courthouse, its Holocaust memorial inscriptions, allegorical figures, and warnings to future generations
- Seek culinary wisdom and real-deal cheese wheels at Eataly, then cast spells on your Muggle teammates—it’s ‘leviOsa,’ not ‘levioSA!’ (Chocolate frogs optional!)
- Investigate the iconic Flatiron Building — the triangular marvel that skeptics said would collapse and instead changed architecture forever
- Scout Union Square, where sidewalk monuments and maps of antiquity tell tales of workers, presidents, and revolutionaries
- Creative challenges — Regal performances, food critic reviews, supernatural encounters, sorting ceremonies, and much more!
Life-long New Yorkers will be surprised by how much they learn! Visitors will have a hands-on experience not possible on a tour.
Our Fortunes of the Flatiron District Scavenger Hunt is a game of strategy where teams search for clues, solve puzzles, and race to outsmart each other and win. Are you ready? Let’s go!
