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Podcast: Tiny Doors ATL

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team June 27, 2022

Micro Masterpieces Art Gallery

St. Augustine, Florida

Micro Masterpieces Art Gallery

Only through the lens of a microscope can visitors see the true treasures inside this museum.

Červená Lhota chateau

Mariánské Lázně, Czechia

Miniature Park Boheminium

Stroll past dozens of intricately-detailed scale replicas of buildings from all over Czechia.

Hanover, Pennsylvania

Hildeville

These small house replicas have stood proudly since the 1950s, even as the property has changed hands.

Toronto, Ontario

'Little Canada'

A miniature representation of Canadian cities and landmarks in incredible—and sometimes hilarious—detail.

'Dwellings' seen at eye level

New York, New York

'Dwellings' at the Breuer Building

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

Günther Beinert straightens a mini tree beside one of his 1:10 castles.

The Man Who Built 40 Castles Around a Little German Town

Günther Beinert's regal miniatures appear all over Gerbstedt (population: 3,000).

Yamuna Matheswaran March 2, 2021

A model of Daisy Lampkin's house is the latest addition to the Miniature Railroad & Village at Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh.

The Tiny Building That Pays Tribute to a Larger-Than-Life Civil Rights Leader

Daisy Lampkin's brick house is the newest addition to a beloved, shrunken cityscape in Pittsburgh.

Rossilynne Skena Culgan February 23, 2021

MinNature Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

MinNature Malaysia

This museum explores iconic buildings and the cultural heritage of Malaysia in miniature form.

Despotovac, Serbia

Park Maketa

A little theme park full of miniature monasteries and churches, made by hand.

Show & Tell With the Staff of Chicago’s Field Museum

Día de Muertos Offering.

Metepec, Mexico

Museo del Barro (Museum of Clay)

A collection of incredible clay crafts, complete with earthen skeletons and mermaids.

Snailer and malacologist Norine Yeung in a field of trampled uluhe.

In the Field With the Intrepid, Dedicated Snailers of Hawai‘i

Tiny gastropods, huge undertaking.

Sabrina Imbler November 22, 2019

Jericho of the New Testament & Uri, the Official Greeter.

Lucedale, Mississippi

Palestine Gardens

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

Permanently Closed

Pride Parade.

New York, New York

Gulliver's Gate

A quick trip around the globe through an amazing miniature exhibit.

Minibyen Sæby on a sunny day.

Minibyen Sæby

Residents of this seaside village are building a miniature 1:10 scale version of their historic town.

Meet the Owner of America’s Best Roadside Attraction

Vauxhall bridge "Architechture"

London, England

Vauxhall Bridge's Miniature St. Paul's Cathedral

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.