Krista Washkau, left, and Lisa Helmbeck hold a fairy door and a Fairy Door Trail passport at a business where the fairy door can be found in its front window on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. The passport contains hints where to find the doors, and if seekers find all 13, they can turn the passport in for a prize from Butler Downtown. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle 11/30/22

Downtown Butler has been harboring secret inhabitants who move among us unseen. But people armed with the clues provided by a mysterious passport may be able to track the magical beings to their hidden homes.

That’s the premise behind Butler Downtown’s Fairy Door Trail program, launched to provide a family-friendly activity centered on Butler’s Main Street.

Krista Washkau is the secretary and Lisa Helmbreck is a member of the design committee of the 501(3)(c) nonprofit organization, whose mission is the revitalization of Butler’s downtown with an emphasis on Main Street.

They said downtown has been the scene of coffee trails and beer trails but nothing for younger visitors.

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