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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mailboxes are technically federal property but homeowners are responsible for buying them. As long as it is functional, and meets the post office’s criteria, owners have a creative license to do what ...