Bay Area LIFE: How to conquer an escape room!

Up for a challenge?! How about conquering an escape room!

The Great Houdini Escape Room is a game that takes place at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts.

It's a real, live game that challenges your mind, gets you moving and requires group collaboration.

You and a team of friends or colleagues must unlock the secret exit before time runs out.

The inspiration for this escape room, Harry Houdini and 8 brilliant innovators (Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, Charlie Chaplin, John Philip Sousa, William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Helen Keller and Luther Burbank), who all attended the 1915 World's Fair in San Francisco.

Participants have 80 minutes to solve puzzles that will lead them to exiting the escape room and is best played in groups of 6 to 12.

If you'd like more information on The Great Houdini Escape Room or interested in buying tickets, click here.