Well, Eureka indeed!It is Friday and we are going to take a little recess from the history mysteries, though I promise that it will return regularly. Often enough to be fun, but not so often that we all get tired of it.There will be

This beautiful castle is in New York City, in the Bronx neighborhood of

It may look like an elegant Victorian chemistry experiment, but Friday's mystery contraption is actually a coffee maker from the mid-1850s. And a lot of you were totally on the right track. However, many congratulations and cups of fine coffee to

This most uplifting object is a Flying Hat, the subject of a late Victorian trick photograph (although the trick is not that astonishing - if y

I was able to make this picture a decent size this week, which is a good thing since it has all sorts of decorative detail on it.You might be able to guess this one. I don't know if I could have guessed it, but knowing w