Noble nests - it seems impossible to imagine them in a modern metropolis bustling with life. The comfort of small rooms, each furnished to its own taste. Friendly conversations at the tea table. The warmth of family evenings, warmed by human feelings - not the passions of the next television series. Making music on your own (without music speakers!). Nights with books, not leafed through - experienced. Of course, time has passed for them, but... But our need for everything that formed the subtle and piercing sincere world of our predecessors has not passed. The material monuments of their lives have not disappeared into oblivion. We just need to learn more about our ancestors and the most recent past and consider the remaining traces around us today. This book is devoted to these searches and findings, based primarily on archival investigations and offering them in the form of small, almost detective stories.