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The Forgotten History Quest Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/14/2022
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates! This is a clue cache. Note that this puzzle does NOT revolve around numbers or coordinates!

 

As you know, Boston is overflowing with early American history. There's too many relevant historical sites and landmarks to name! In fact, there's so many that some extremely important ones have been ignored or quashed in popularity by other more popular landmarks. The objective of this clue cache is to bring geocachers to an important historical site that most people pass by (or didn't know even know existed!) and shine a light on a crucial piece of our nation's history. Instead of a usual number puzzle, you will be given clues that will reveal a major historical site that the cache is near. Locals may have a slight advantage here due to their knowledge of the area, but the puzzle isn't designed to be impossible for tourists either. 

 

1. The landmark isn't there anymore! It was demolished almost 250 years ago. 
2. During the 1964 World's Fair, an elaborate sculpture of the landmark was created. This brought renewed interest to the landmark and its symbolic significance.
3. Walt Disney, after seeing this sculpture, was wowed by the landmark and the ideals it grew to symbolize. So much so, that he had a spetacular exact replica and tribute to the site built at Disney World. (It was after seeing the replica at Disney that I came up with the idea for this cache!)
4. Until the World's Fair, the city of Boston completely forgot about and ignored this key historical landmark. A photograph exists of Massachusetts' then-governor examining a tribute plaque to the landmark, which was blocked by advertising and covered in bird droppings.
5. A public square now exists on the former site of the landmark. It was opened over fifty years after interest in the site was renewed following the World's Fair.
6. A local shopping mall has since been named after the landmark.

 

 Think you have the answer? Input the two-word name of the landmark into the checker. In keeping with Certitude rules, do NOT use a space in between the words. When you answer correctly, instructions will be given on where to find the final cache. 


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)