I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to see some
funny houses.
Steven King
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/houses.html
well, these "funny houses" can be used as bookmarks, that's what I do, but they can also be hung up, and they can hold little items like notes, too, because they each have a small pocket at the back…
The book shown here is a very lovely one:
"Forgotten Bookmarks-
A Bookseller's Collection of Odd Things Lost between the Pages"
by Michael Popek