237 Items Tagged

Miniatures

The Gnome Village

Carson, California

Gnome Village

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

Mill Ends Park in 2013.

The World's Tiniest City Park Just Got a Little More Official

Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon, now has its own sign.

Cara Giaimo May 24, 2018

Making of <em>The Last Photo of the Titanic Afloat</em>, (by Francis Brown, 1912), 2014.

Miniature Models of History's Most Famous Photographs

A pair of artists spent years recreating these iconic images in three dimensions.

Anika Burgess May 11, 2018

Captain Hook.

amusement parks

Why Myrtle Beach Takes Mini-Golf So Seriously

From friendly mermaids to a fiery volcano, the courses in this South Carolina city have it all.

Ali Slagle April 13, 2018

Permanently Closed

Canmore, Alberta

Curbside Museum

A small and quirky museum hidden inside a fence.

Underwater Boston Tea Party.

Somerville, Massachusetts

Underwater Boston Tea Party

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

Coquito nuts are found covered by the yellow layer shown on the right.

Coquito Nuts

Chile is home to very, very small coconuts.

Szentendre, Hungary

Micro Wonder Museum

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

A shrimpy shrimp cocktail.

Small Foods Party

The competition that shrinks shrimp cocktail to the size of your pinky and fits bento into a matchbox.

The counter at the mini store features a cash register, hand-written signs, and a fire extinguisher.

A Miniature Video Store Offers a Tiny Slice of '90s Life

Artist Andrew Glazebrook has crafted a meticulously detailed, grungy rental shop.

Will Nett January 24, 2018

Museum Mouse

Chicago, Illinois

Michael's Museum

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

A selection of tiny, inedible Punjabi food.

The Artist Sculpting Miniature Burgers, Dosas, and Nutella Jars

All the size of your thumb.

Joanna Lobo January 4, 2018

The Hollensbury Spite House

Alexandria, Virginia

Hollensbury Spite House

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

A 2.5-inch scale model on display at Train Mountain.

Chiloquin, Oregon

Train Mountain Railroad

All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.

The Poison Dart frogs show.

Portland, Oregon

Morrison Street Minigallery

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

The model was relocated from the Smithsonian in 2010.

Washington, D.C.

USS Missouri Model Ship

The U.S. Navy’s preposterously detailed mini battleship took 77,000 hours to complete.

Tree carving in Balloch.

Alexandria, Scotland

Balloch Park Fairy Trail

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

The model railroad.

Jonesport, Maine

Maine Central Model Railroad

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.