Philly in Treasure Map Mode, Courtesy of Google’s Merry Pranksters


When you’re dealing with forced yuks about Joe Sestak’s musical preferences, the bar for April Fools’ Day jokes is low. All the more reason, then, to post a relatively good one–even if it didn’t fool anyone. Google, fresh off their controversial Easter Day Fools’ joke, has converted its maps into treasure hunts, in which the entire world has been painted over in parchment-paper brown.

How to find the treasure? Get Nic Cage to the top of Independence Hall at 2:22 p.m. using the Ottendorf Cipher Solution, at which point you’ll find a pair of colored spectacles…