Mystery History

Mark and Mark April 1, 2021 0

Artist’s rendering of the West New York Bridge from Scientific American, June 25, 1921. Today, one backyard along 12th Street...

Mark and Mark March 25, 2021 0

Imagine you’re driving through the crisscrossing streets of the Jersey Shore town Mystic Island, which is not actually an island...

Mark and Mark November 1, 2020 1

For nearly nine decades now the weather beaten remains of a ship have lain just a few hundred feet beyond...

Mark and Mark July 3, 2020 0

Today, on the 4th of July, we salute a true American patriot, Nicholas Parcell, a Revolutionary War soldier who was...

Mark and Mark June 26, 2020 0

Fleeing the Cult at Monk's Castle Growing up I heard stories about monks, cults, or even vampires, living in Kip’s...

Mark and Mark April 7, 2020 0

In the 1930s the Vineland area of Cumberland County, NJ must have been a very unusual place indeed. Perhaps there...

Mark and Mark March 15, 2020 0

These days there’s a popular fashion or “cosplay” fad known a “Steampunk.” Steampunk is based on the idea of futuristic...

Mark and Mark January 10, 2020 0

January 11, 1966 started like any other mid-winter day in the small suburban town of Wanaque, NJ. The air was...

Mark and Mark July 30, 2019 0

It was 2:00 am, July 30, 1916, and all was quiet in Jersey City. Despite a great war raging throughout...

Mark and Mark July 20, 2017 0

It’s not everywhere that while wandering the meandering trails of a scenic wooded parkland you might unexpectedly find yourself smack...