Coming up with original date ideas is hard – you want the assurance of a good time, but you want to be able to show them something new. While we tried our best, here are five date ideas that will unfortunately not be as exciting as discovering a dark, secret passageway to an previously unknown place that may change your lives forever.

Go to a Wine and Paint Night

Drink some wine and go wild with a low-pressure art project! You and your cutie will def have some laughs as you spill wine and paint on the floor, but it will be nothing to the thrill you could have from leaning against what you thought was a solid wall and following a winding secret passageway to God knows where. Sorry!

Go for a Hike

There’s nothing like getting out in the fresh are and getting your blood flowing. Feel the wind in your hair and share the views of nature and wildlife with your current romantic interest. Of course it won’t be the same as pulling on a wall sconce to steady yourself, finding out it is actually the lever to a movable bookcase, and wandering into a passage to the den of a secret society. Now that would be fun.

Go to a Museum

There’s so much to see in museums from all over the world. Get your fill of art or history for the cost of a few bucks and enjoy some intelligent discussions with the one you love. It won’t be as thrilling as unearthing a passage to the former hideaway of an ancient society as you’re digging out your new swimming pool, but it’ll be something.

Go to the Zoo

Do you love seeing exotic animals? Then the zoo is the place for you and your honey!

Just don’t expect the animals to reveal a trapdoor beneath the floorboards, leading to as stash of gold, because this is just the zoo.

Take a Scenic Drive

There’s nothing as relaxing as sitting in the car and watching the scenery pass you by while you hold the hand of your date. But if there’s somewhere to pull over where you might accidentally uncover a secret passageway – that would definitely be better.

There it is! Some of funnest date ideas around. Just don’t come complaining when you realize these are nothing to the thrill of finding the entrance to a secret corridor. Dear lord that would be something.