When last did you hand-write a letter to someone, and take the time to post it? For many of us, that's a thing of the past. We have email, mobile phones, social media and other instant ways to ...

Dog-shaped mailboxes, Hawaiian-print mailboxes, even tiger-protected mailboxes — such letterbox creativity could eventually disappear. As CNN Money recently reported, the U.S. Postal Service has begun ...

Editor’s note: Pacific NW magazine’s weekly Backstory provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the writer’s process or an extra tidbit that accompanies our cover story. This week’s cover story explores ...

Reader-submitted creative mailbox photos promo ad in Quark and Adobe InDesign For some in your community, a mailbox can be a work of art. Some are handmade or handpainted, or have a neat story behind ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There was a time when a mailbox was just a mailbox, an ordinary item that held the mail, did its job, and ...

No longer are many homeowners content with the standard black steel mailbox perched on a 4-by-4 at the end of the driveway. These days they're dressing up their address and prettying up their post ...