That's the Astolat Dollhouse Castle, a 29-room house filled with 10,000 miniature items. This dollhouse was constructed by artist Elaine Diehl between 1974 and 1987, and is valued at $8.5 million.

PRD Miniatures, for example, can cost anywhere from $35 (a tiny cowhide rug) to $350 (a kitchen unit with color-changing LED backsplash). Brinca Dada's Emerson house is priced at $329.

This golden age of dollhouses, circa late 1800s to the early 1900s, prompted many collectors to seek out architectural marvels in miniature for their collections. Examples from the Victorian ...

Instead, it was the Chicago International Miniatures Show. Despite the gathering touting itself as “the World’s No. 1 Dollhouse Miniatures Show,” there aren’t many actual dollhouses.

They'll learn how to sculpt at scale." Students in St. Joseph will be learning the craft of making miniature dolls from Benedict, who has created them for more than 30 years.