Travel back in time to the 1960s and picture a typical home interior. In your mind’s eye you are probably picturing bright colors, floral and checkerboard patterns, maybe even some old appliances and shag carpet. Now, remember back to when the toys of your childhood. Did you have a dollhouse, clubhouse or even tree house? How much time did you spend thinking about how cool it would be to have a place you could call your own?

Now, push these two ideas together and travel a few miles on highway 2 in Manitoba, Canada and you will find a real, life-sized dollhouse made from an abandoned farmhouse built in the 1960s. An artist’s rendition of childhood dreams.

Heather Benning, the artist, said she wanted to show the passage of time, so she took out the back wall of the house and replaced it with plexiglass. She left the rest of the exterior, just as she found it, in its rotting, worn down condition. The interior of the old farmhouse was completely redone with a rustic, just abandoned look of the 1960s.

Hidden Away

Now, visitors from all over the world can stop by and see this piece of artwork, if they stop to look around that is. The actual dollhouse portion of the piece isn’t visible from the road. From the front, facing the highway it looks like any other rotting, broken down farmhouse left to deteriorate as time passes it by.

Those lucky enough to be adventurous, however, will find the treasure that lies hidden away in the back of the house. Peering closer one can find the local Winnipeg newspaper, a horrible green colored clock and even the burnt orange dining chairs that mark a decade of color.

The next time you are visiting Winnipeg, Canada, be sure to stop by and take a peek into history at this tucked away roadside wonder.