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.

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 ...

It all started with a trip to the hardware store for a mailbox. "All they had were $5 mailboxes," said Ginny Schnekenburger. "I figured I could build one better than that." So she did. Schnekenburger ...

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 ...