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Locals call it Folded Fern Cottage, but that wasn’t the original name. According to the very serious (and definitely not gossipy) records of the Paperbark Township Historical Society, the cottage was founded in 1891 by a retired stationery magnate named Myrtle Quill, who believed two things with absolute certainty: Tea tastes better when served on a balcony. If you fold something precisely enough, it becomes morally superior.

Welcome to Larkspur Lantern House, founded in the year 1898¾ (time runs differently in Verdigris Hollow—blame the tea). The home was commissioned by Aurelia Larkspur, a horticultural cartographer who mapped gardens by scent. She insisted on a staircase that “turns like ivy” and windows tall enough for moonbeams to step through without ducking. Her neighbor, Mr. Percival Matchwick, a chimney cap enthusiast (niche hobby, enormous hat), designed the elaborate stack that crowns t

As the festive season unfolds, Small World Miniatures invites you to a Christmas shop that exists in the delicate balance between…