Nicolaï Siadristyi is a master of micro miniatures. The former Soviet Union awarded his books as some of the best in the field of popular science, and his native Ukraine named him an Honored Master of Folk Arts. Now resident in Andorra, Siadristyi has established the Micro Miniature Museum. It’s a little out of the way, but for those with patience and a magnifying glass, there is a world of tiny treasures there ripe for the taking.

Siadristyi’s accomplishments take on a kaleidoscopic grandeur as you realise, little by little, the intricate genius of each individual creation.

What’s a micro miniature? A tiny artwork. We’re talking microscopic, in fact. Nicolaï’s specialty is sculpture incorporating some of the tiniest objects in the natural world purely for the sake of comparison. For example, he’ll carve a portrait-bas-relief of former Pope John Paul II on the stone of blackthorn berry, or drill into the centre of a hair and insert a scale model of a rose in bloom. The man’s accomplishments take on a kaleidoscopic grandeur as you realise, little by little, the intricate genius of each individual creation.

Each of these minute masterpieces can take up to 6 months to create, and the museum is the best place on Earth to view them (which must, of course, be done using a microscope). The museum’s number one attraction is worth the entrance price alone, it must be said. It’s a miniature diorama of a caravan of camels traveling toward a pyramid, all of which takes place inside the eye of a needle.