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Miniatures

Lego Extremely Large Telescope.

Garching bei München, Germany

Lego Extremely Large Telescope

A miniature model of what will be the world's largest telescope.

A flirty tanuki, or racoon dog, crafted by artist Masatami in the late 18th century.

These Cheeky Statuettes Were Part of Edo-Era Japan’s Answer to Pockets

Ornate netsuke were practical status symbols.

Sabrina Imbler July 31, 2019

Third example of a fairy house

Traverse City, Michigan

Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park Fairy Trail

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

Lego Atacama Large Millimeter Array.

San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

Lego Atacama Large Millimeter Array

A surprisingly detailed model of the world's most powerful radio telescope.

A scene from an opera is performed at the Opera in Focus puppet theater.

Rolling Meadows, Illinois

Opera in Focus Puppet Theater

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

Italia in Miniatura

Italia in Miniatura

Famous landmarks and structures from across Italy fill this miniature park.

Rusconi’s Marble Masterpiece.

Gundagai, Australia

Marble Masterpiece

A miniature cathedral made of 20,948 tiny pieces of marble.

Waterbury, Connecticut

Abandoned Fairy Village

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

British teddy bears.

Basel, Switzerland

Spielzeug Welten Museum

An unassuming Swiss institution houses Europe's largest toy museum.

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Tiny Town

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

1824 model.

Mexico City, Mexico

Zócalo Metro Models

These subterranean models show Mexico City's central square during three different eras.

London Tower Bridge Replica

The Chinese have long been excellent at the art of copying, but this epic replica takes the biscuit.

Video • AO Docs

A Journey Through Black History in Miniature

Video • Object of Intrigue

The Million Dollar Doll House

This almanac was produced in Paris in the mid-1780s.

objects of intrigue

For Centuries, Know-It-Alls Carried Beautiful Miniature Almanacs Wherever They Went

The small, ornate tomes were big status symbols.

Jessica Leigh Hester March 29, 2019

Notice the magic carpet rider can be seen in the top right.

New York, New York

Flying Carpet Over Isfahan

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

Permanently Closed

The tiny park.

Oakland, California

'World's Smallest Park'

A gap in the concrete has been transformed into a miniature playground for the mind.

Overcoming "separate but equal."

Montevallo, Alabama

Pettus Randall Miniature Museum of American History

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.