History recounts the fascinating stories and amazing discoveries of past and current treasure seekers who have sought Palūšė Old Oak's fabled treasure for over two hundred years. It has baffled scientists and madmen, scholars and idiots, millionaires and get-rich-quick schemers, psychics, engineers, charlatans. For over two hundred years, the mystery remains unsolved, and not a single dime of treasure has ever been recovered.
Yet even today the search continues...
Geoswags, Travel Bugs are very welcome.
Picnic tables available nearby near the lake ( 20 meters ).
Free parking nearby, nice views, sunsets are right here, near the lake.
In summer season. - a beer or a snack is available in Old Paluse boat rental (near parking).
Palūšė – the capital of Aukštaitija national park, a resort. Here the most significant events of the Aukštaitija national park take place.
From the church’s hill a fantastic view to the vastness of Lūšiai lake opens up. This lake, adherent to a village, is enshrouded in legend. It tells that it is dangerous for men to swim in the lake past midnight, for the pixies appear who torture men in a strange way – tickle. The old folks maintain that one of them still lives in a nearby Tarama lake.
In the historical sources, Palūšė has been mentioned since 1651. At the time, there was a forwark which belonged to Šumskai. There is a wooden church of St. Juozapas in Palūšė (having been constructed in 1750, it is an oldest church in Lithuania. It is said that the only tools used for construction were an ax and a saw), belfry (portrayed on the former 1 litas note. Octagonal belfry, reminiscent of the old Lithuanian wooden castle towers, is the only such in Lithuania) and a small chapel registered in the cultural heritage registry. The church contains valuable folk art works – plank paintings, carvings, brass bells, made in 1752 and 1772, decorated with baroque ornaments.