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 ...

A mailbox is not just a mailbox. For a lot of our creative islanders, it is an expression. Islanders love of fishing is reflected in their unique mailboxes, which are part of Marco Island’s unique ...

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 ...

The island’s many whimsical mailboxes have produced amazement, prompted smiles and elicited chuckles over the years. Now, they’ve also provided the creative spark behind a recently released children’s ...

LOS LUNAS — A collection of photos taken by historian and retired UNM professor Richard Melzer of The Weirdest, Most Creative Mailboxes in New Mexico will be on exhibition beginning Saturday, Jan. 18 ...

For most of us, just what the name says: a box for receiving our mail. But for some folks, mailboxes are outlets for creative expression. The boxes become whimsical airplanes, classic cars, yellow ...

Creative Mailboxes and Signs does more signs these days, preparing its workers for the transition. A mailbox used to be a metal box mounted to a wooden post. Today, it might be a metal box hidden in a ...

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 ...