Once upon a time there was an author/cartoonist named William Donahey who created the Teenie Weenies, a cartoon featured in the Chicago Tribune. Donahey lent his creation to a food company that sold pickles and had an ad that included the Teenie Weenies living in a small pickle keg.
This pickle barrel house was built in 1926 for Donahey and his wife, Mary (who was also an author) and they used it as a summer cottage for about 10 years. After that it was sold, moved, used as an ice cream stand, information kiosk, and gift shop, and subsequently fell into disrepair. The Grand Marais Historical Society later took possession, restored it, and opened it as a museum around 2005.
We took a tour a few years ago and here are a few photos from that.
It's another fun little piece of Michigan history.
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