Podcast
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The Girl Who Waits: Eastman Johnson’s Haunting Vision
A young woman stands on a windswept bluff in Eastman Johnson’s The Girl I Left Behind…
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The Doll That Wouldn’t Leave
Melissa, an antiques dealer with decades of experience, discovered a 19th-century bisque doll at an estate…
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The Race That Never Ends
In a dim gallery in Cleveland, Albert Pinkham Ryder’s The Race Track emerges from darkness like…
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Whispers in the Parlor
Portland once had its own brief season of madness. In the years after the Great War…
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Castle of Shadows: The Haunted Grandeur of the Crescent Hotel
Perched atop the Ozarks, the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs rises like a castle from another…
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Why Blue Willow Dishware Captivates Collectors
If you’ve ever wandered through an antique shop or peeked into a grandmother’s china cabinet, chances…
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From Doorstep Thuds to Digital Searches: Why Old Directories Still Matter
Remember those bulky phone books that used to land on our porches with a satisfying thud?…
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Seeing Beyond the Canvas: How AI Brings New Perspectives to Historical Paintings
In a quiet portrait painted in 1860 by Karl August Bielschowski, a young woman from Naples…
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Discovering Oregon City: Art, History, and Hidden Treasures
During a recent visit to Oregon City—one of the Pacific Northwest’s oldest settlements—we found ourselves drawn…
