When their grandfather arranges for them to spend two week at Sunny Oaks, the four Alden children enjoy settling into the routines of farm life but become suspicious about a mysterious horse locked in the stables.
The Alden children search for buried treasure on Blizzard Mountain, but a mysterious rival treasure hunter is determined to chase them off the mountain.
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are given the opportunity to be extras in a movie about the Alamo, but they are called upon to use their sleuthing skills when Claire, the star of the film, is implicated in the theft of a valuable ring.
While visiting the seaport town of Ragged Cove, Massachusetts, the Alden children find the ship's log of the Flying Cloud, shipwrecked in 1869, supposedly during a mutiny.
The Alden children draw upon their resourcefulness to save the neighborhood firehouse from being torn down, while they also face a series of mysterious incidents connected with it.