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* Similarly, though not played for laughs, in [[Patricia McKillip]]'s ''Harpist in the Wind'' (third in the ''Riddle-Master'' trilogy) there's a tower with an external spiral staircase that appears to be finite in size, but when you try to climb it you'll find that the top is always the same distance above you... ''unless'' the owner feels like letting you in.

* Several locations in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'', mostly those which are [[Invisible to Normals]], are hidden in small spaces: Grimmauld Place, Platform 9¾, the tents the Weasleys use at the Quidditch World Cup... but this is literally because [[A Wizard Did It]].

** Arthur Weasley expands the inside of his Ford Anglia so the entire Weasley family and then some can fit inside comfortably.

** The ability to make a location "unplottable" (i.e. impossible to be included on a map) is an interesting case. The implication is that from a map-maker's point of view the world around the building contracts to fill the empty space and the building itself then resides on a plot of land with zero area. This is related to Grimmauld Place appearing out of nowhere in the films.

* In ''[[The Magicians]]'', many buildings are larger on the inside, such as the house that the Physical Kids hang out in. This is explained by [[A Wizard Did It|A Magician Did It]]