Surprise Time Machines in Minneapolis

On July 4, 2026 in Minneapolis, MN, Jane and Bill flew in from Washington State with one goal: finally log Minnesota’s number one favorite geocaching spot, the Doctor Who TARDIS cache. Tucked on private property, this blue box had already earned a reputation as a smart, puzzle-filled gadget cache that every geocacher needed on their list.

The TARDIS itself held the official treasure. Inside was the logbook, protected behind a clever puzzle that used “time circuit” numbers and switches to unlock it. The rules were simple: no forcing, no prying, just solving. For geocachers, that’s half the fun, and Jane and Bill got right to work.

What they didn’t know was that the TARDIS eye was quietly watching, waiting for its moment. As soon as they opened the magical blue box, a voice came over a speaker, calmly instructing them to head to the house’s garage. The geocache had just turned into something bigger.

They wandered over to the storage area, probably expecting another puzzle stage. Instead, a door slid open, smoke rolled out, and there it was: a real, live DeLorean Time Machine in all its splendor, sitting in its own Back to the Future museum space. The cache might have started in the world of Doctor Who, but it finished with a full-on trip to 1985.

This TARDIS cache has since been archived as the homeowner moved, with talk of bringing it back someday. For Jane and Bill, though, the day they came to sign a logbook and ended up face to face with a DeLorean Time Machine is already locked in the timeline.