calgary 'Punk rock flophouse': a converted 1981 dollhouse wins crafts competition Rusty Blazenhoff

miniatures The tiny worlds of "micro-mechanician" Bill Robertson Gareth Branwyn

thrift score Turn an ordinary dollhouse into an awesome haunted house Rusty Blazenhoff

artists Brooke Weston is a taxidermy artist who incorporates dioramas into her work Popkin

shopping The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium is a one-stop shop for oddities and weird art Popkin

Delightful Creatures Check out this resort-style pool deck made just for dogs (video) Carla Sinclair

art Frances Glessner Lee created dollhouses of death and changed forensic science Popkin

Barbizon Hotel Secrets of the world's most famous women-only hotel Miss Cellania

dumpster diving The pandemic is producing a golden age of stooping Clive Thompson

praying mantis Praying mantises watching TV Miss Cellania

miniature Make a little champagne chair for fun and prizes Miss Cellania

art Artist makes beautiful tiny animal sculptures Mark Frauenfelder

DIY Dollhouse doors as electrical outlet covers Xeni Jardin

tiniest houses Truly tiny house flipping John Struan

happy mutants This gingerbread house is styled after the 1974 Fisher-Price A-Frame toy, Little People and all Rusty Blazenhoff

art Artist creates miniature replicas of the rooms of Japan's "lonely deaths" Cory Doctorow

music Cool video by Kodacrome uses marionettes and miniature sets Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Papercraft haunted dollhouse furniture, housewares and decor Cory Doctorow

makers A master of miniature model-making shares his hard-earned secrets Gareth Branwyn