At the National Museum of American History one day last July, an upright piano stood on a stage. Beside it, on a wooden pallet, was a strange metal contraption about five feet high. The Ring King Jr., ...

Homer Simpson may have become famous for his love of donuts, but he’s not alone. Each year in the US alone donut shops produce 10 billion donuts. This translates into 31 donuts for every person in the ...

Which doughnut makers are best? There are few better smells than the aroma of fresh, hot doughnuts, but the ones you pick up at the bakery have usually cooled off before you get them home. The only ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Two scrapbooks dating from 1927-1928 documenting Frederick Philip Wertheimer's advertising and marketing work for the Doughnut Machine Corporation ...

MINNEAPOLIS – When Bradley Taylor left the west coast, his heart was set on becoming the next great male nurse. While at the University of Minnesota, he noticed one thing missing – a taste of home. A ...

In 38 years on the stage, Funnyman Joe Cook has thought up some 1,000 implausible inventions of the Rube Goldberg order, never sold one until last week. Then he sold one for $1,000. It was a ...