The Pickle Barrel House is a two-story cabin built to resemble two barrels. The house design is based on cartoon characters that were two inches tall^[2][3] and lived under a rose bush in a pickle barrel.^[4] It is currently located in Grand Marais, Michigan on Michigan's Upper Peninsulaon the southern shore of Lake Superior.^[5] It is near the intersection of state highway M-77 and county road H-58 of this gateway town to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.^[5] The main part is a 16-foot (4.88 m) tall barrel and has two stories. The main floor is for the living area and the upstairs is a bedroom.^[5] A smaller barrel serves as the kitchen and the two barrels are connected by a pantry.^[4][6] There is an outdoor garden and also a seating area with a garden path between these two.