Just a few years after the “Anatomy Murderers” Burke and Hare were apprehended in Edinburgh, two boys discovered these tiny dolls, each nested into a miniature coffin hidden away in the city park.... »

Microminiature art, Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by Annetta and tripandtravel1

In 2001, Susan Gardner began attaching things to the facade of her three-story brownstone in Boerum Hill. Incorporating anything from shells and buttons to broken cups and old CDs, Gardner's... »

Museums and Collections, Outsider Art, Microminiature art, Architectural Oddities | Edited by aboychuk, atimian and others

Erika Nelson, creator of the World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things Traveling Roadside Attraction and Museum, travels the US, looking for... »

Museums and Collections, Outsider Art, Unique Collections, Strange Statues, Miniatures, Small Worlds and Model Towns, Microminiature art, Inspired Inventions, Micro-Nations, Purveyors of Curiosities, Obscura Day Location | Edited by Lily Landes, Dylan and others

Since 1957, Ron and Betty Manolio have been decorating their front lawn every Easter with giant mosaics made out of thousands of hand-painted eggshells. The Manolios live in a small ranch house... »

Miniatures, Microminiature art | Edited by A Facebook user and Nicholas Jackson

The Kiev Pechersk Lavra in Kiev, Ukraine is many things. Also known as the Kiev Monastery of the Caves, first and foremost it is a a historic Orthodox Christian monastery, built on top of a... »

Miniatures, Microminiature art, Memento Mori, Relics and Reliquaries, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Curious Places of Worship, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Dylan and Dampo

Located in Sadorus, Illinois the National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History is a museum dedicated to ship models and the critical role that ships have played throughout the history and... »

Unique Collections, Miniatures, Microminiature art | Edited by Musebrarian, Dylan and 2 others

It is only fitting that Ukrainian Nicolaï Siadristy’s micro miniature museum should be in the little town of Ordino, in the pint-sized country of Andorra. Widely considered the world’s best... »

Unique Collections, Microminiature art | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others

Once described by Ronald Reagan as a "true national treasure," the Presidents Hall of Fame in Clermont, Florida has featured (and replicated) White House memorabilia since 1960. Originally a... »

Unique Collections, Microminiature art | Edited by anhie, leiris and others

While some call it novelty, others see the tiny pieces, like a portrait of Chekhov on a cross-section of a poppy seed, as amazing works of art. No matter how one feels about the artistic value of... »

Microminiature art | Edited by michelle

The Nutty Narrows Bridge was constructed in 1963 by a local builder, the late Amos Peters, to give squirrels a way to cross Olympia Way, a busy Longview, Washington thoroughfare, without getting... »

Microminiature art, Inspired Inventions, Architectural Oddities, Follies and Grottoes | Edited by tonkatruk and mrobscurity