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Dolls

Little Nadine's Doll House.

Lanett, Alabama

Little Nadine Earles Doll House Grave

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

The Bear Chapel where the the bride and groom stand in their wedding finery.

Takayama, Japan

Hida Takayama Teddy Bear Eco Village

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

Mini Trafalgar Square

Victoria, British Columbia

Miniature World

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

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Another attraction at the doll circus

Thorndike, Maine

Bryant Stove and Music

A couple's 60-year love of collecting is on display at this unique stove repair shop in Maine.

Watch 167 Theremin Nesting Dolls Play Beethoven's 9th Symphony

The "Matryomin" is the instrument of the future.

Molly McBride Jacobson November 21, 2016

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Toronto, Ontario

Leslieville's Crazy Doll House

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

The Mysterious Origins of This Unnervingly Life-like Japanese Doll from the 1800s

Happy early Halloween.

Juliet Bennett Rylah September 8, 2016

amusement parks

The Story of Laffing Sal, the World's Most Uncanny Animatronic Doll

Six-feet-tall and pure nightmare, she was once one of America's most popular funhouse amusements.

Rick Paulas July 28, 2016

Lisbon, Portugal

Hospital de Bonecas

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

The Peculiar History of Celebrity Dolls

How a commemorative doll of Karl Lagerfeld is related to the Venus of Willendorf.

Hadley Meares April 5, 2016

The Demonic Origins of Ventriloquism

It may not surprise you to know that the popular entertainment has some very dark roots.

Andy Wright March 28, 2016

Atlanta, Georgia

Doll's Head Trail

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

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Kewpie Labratory

Kewpie Itami Mayonnaise Factory

The Japanese mayo factory famous for its cute mascot.

The dolls look at

Wakayama, Japan

Awashima Jinja

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

The Iowa Farmer Who Spent His Life Carving 81 Child-Sized Wooden Dolls

Lyz Lenz December 15, 2015

objects of intrigue

Object of Intrigue: The Dummy Paratroopers of WWII

Ella Morton November 10, 2015

Doll Garden of Sabile

Doll Garden of Sabile

Just another terrifying garden filled with hundreds of endlessly smiling doll people.

Inside the 185-Year-Old Portuguese Hospital for Dolls

Dylan Thuras July 29, 2015