Tag: tiny town

The Makhunik Ceiling

January 10, 2018 By arne hendriks Off

About a century ago the residents of Makhunik in eastern Iran may have measured just 100cm tall – some 50cm shorter than the average height of their contemporaries. Of the roughly 200 stone and clay houses that make up the ancient village, some 70 or…

Voyeur Town

January 7, 2011 By arne hendriks 0

In a previous post we reported on a village exclusively built for little people working in an airplane factory during the war. More often these temporary customized tiny towns were built for housing the small performers of amusement parks. The towns soon turned into sideshows catering…

Tiny Towns for Special Forces

January 5, 2011 By arne hendriks 0

Joost Janmaat of Partizan Publik recalls his memory  of an intriguing search for a lost tiny town: “I fruitlessly embarked on a quest for little people two years ago when I was in Detroit. I am gonna relate you the story anyway, since by posting it on…