About The Cache
You will be looking for one of the many mugs on the tree. Log only, BYOP. Room for small trackables, swag, and goodies. Park on the roadside directly next to the tree. Feel free to hang a mug of your own, however you may need a nail and hammer. Placed with permission of mug tree owner.
FTF: glaciator12 (7/6/25)
Mug Tree, 2023. Photo via Facebook.
Mug Tree History
In the summer of 2013, a mysterious mug appeared hanging from a nail on an Osage Orange tree just outside of Kansas, Illinois, leaving locals puzzled about who put it there and why. Over the next few months, more mugs began to appear, slowly transforming the tree into a quirky roadside attraction as word spread through curious travelers and the small-town grapevine. Today, over 25 mugs of various shapes, colors, and sizes dangle from nails and strings, clinking softly in the breeze, each one adding to the tree’s growing legend. It continues to draw visitors eager to see, and perhaps contribute to, the ever-growing collection.