Finder details and explanations to be provided over time.

Clue 1
The treasure is on open ground
Within city limits to be found
Only on public property stay
From private ownership keep away

Clue 2
The sun rises over our Carnival scene
With safety a part of the festive theme.
Hunting a treasure again is the score
In this new year of sixty four.
The sun rises over the East Side. (But does it set on the West Side?)

Clue 3
Families in homes share this winter's delight
In the distance surrounding the treasure site.
Have heavy boots and wraps quite handy.
A pocket of treats might just be dandy.

Clue 4
Don't be a square or Don't be a hood,
Use common sense and Just be good.
To dig a little be prepared
From all exertion don't be spared.

Clue 5
All beauties of season seem here to assemble,
Combined like a travel ad to resemble.
Snow with a sparkle, air with a sting.
A gold brick discovered, treasure will bring.
The treasure was under snow attached to a tan brick.

Clue 6
On waters' edge is a place for skating,
And a good carnival spirit creating.
But a picnic lunch from a bench in the park,
On a night below zero is more than a lark.
Refers to Edgewater Blvd. - a street adjacent to the site.

Clue 7
Balls and parks and lakes play a part;
With a famous name an addition will start.
From the treasure site by over a mile
Are high red lights that shine in style.
Lincoln Park addition.

Clue 8
Clues in pairs are found in three places.
Two posts of iron a double lane faces.
Two round towers, northwest and southeast,
Seen in the distance helps most, not least.

Clue 9
Far south and east from the treasure is seen
A roof that slants with a particular lean.
To entertain and amuse by this structure of red,
For summer diversion here are we led.

Clue 10
"Let George do it" we often hear,
But "leave it to Beaver" is a good steer.
Ho, ho, ho, get out on the run,
This jolly hunt has just begun.
This clue pinpoints Beaver Lake.

Clue 11
Still by hook, or by air, or by water
This case may be solved by son or by daughter.
With one, one, six, it'll mark off the course.
Search to the northeast start from the south.
1165 Edgewater near Stillwater Avenue.

Clue 12
Between a flower named on a boulevard's edge,
A passage is found drains this ledge.
Northeast from this walk 170 paces,
On count of 50 oak each one faces.
Geranium and Rose streets are nearby.

Clue 13
On Edgewater Boulevard between Geranium and Rose
A culvert appears, from this take your pose.
Walk 170 paces in a easterly direction.
Pass oak stump and to guide your selection
A brick in the snow, this is fun!
Lock, stock and barrel the treasure is won!