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A 1/64 violin.
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The World's Smallest Violin and the Tiny Musicians Who Play It

These mini musical instruments are very carefully crafted.
Samantha London May 31, 2017
Popular in the early 20th century as souvenir books, these tiny books of travel photos (Maine, in this case) had tags attached so they could be dropped in the mail.
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Beautiful Miniature Books That Are Worth Sacrificing Your Eyesight For

Good things come in (very) small packages.
Anika Burgess May 26, 2017
A small apple pie, about to go into the oven.
miniatures

One Calgary Man's Big Idea: Tiny, Tiny Street Food

Tom Brown hands out truly bite-sized snacks from his portable, miniature kitchen.
Cara Giaimo May 24, 2017
A miniature ice cream parlor by artist Judy King.
St. Louis, Missouri

Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis

A big museum full of little worlds.
San Francisco, California

Faery Door

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.
Backdoor 43.
Milan, Italy

BackDoor 43

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.
Permanently Closed
Shops for Mice
Malmö, Sweden

Tiny Mouse Shops of Malmö

Swedish mice can dine at the Nuts of Life restaurant or take a date to the amousement park.
The Grand Model of Russia
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Grand Maket Rossiya (Grand Model of Russia)

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.
Taxidermied frogs spend a day on the lake at Froggyland.
dioramas

9 of the Strangest and Loveliest Dioramas You'll Ever See

Behold the intricate detail of these exquisite miniature worlds.
Meg Neal March 6, 2017
North American collection
Washington, D.C.

National Bonsai Museum

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
Detail of the Mini Monument
Washington, D.C.

Washington Mini Monument

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
Bow
Annapolis, Maryland

U.S.S. Agerholm Model

This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.
The tiny house and garden.
Valencia, Spain

Cat House

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.
Tower Bridge and Buckingham Palace in London
Shenzhen Shi, China

Window of the World

130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.
Mini Trafalgar Square
Victoria, British Columbia

Miniature World

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.
A miniature New York
Bronx, New York

Holiday Train Show at New York Botanical Garden

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.
Little Istanbul
Sala, Sweden

Little Istanbul

One man's fascination with Turkey led to this backyard mini-city.
Mortar Man
Charleston, West Virginia

Mortar Man

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.