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Grimshawes Post Office.

Cashiers, North Carolina

Grimshawes Post Office

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

Santa's village.

Rovaniemi, Finland

Santa Claus' Main Post Office

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

66.5435, 25.8456

Added by The Duke of Octopodes

Inside Newberry Library is America's largest public postcard repository.

Chicago, Illinois

Newberry Library Postcard Collection

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

41.9000, -87.6301

Added by jessicahester1

Rear garden behind the post office

Tintagel, England

Tintagel Post Office

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

50.6634, -4.7516

Added by lewblank

The Most Festive Treasures of the New York Public Library's Maps Division

The Most Festive Treasures of the New York Public Library's Maps Division

We wish you a mappy Christmas.

December 11, 2017

You must climb a ladder to place your letter in the Bridegroom's Oak.

Bridegroom's Oak

This ancient oak tree plays matchmaker for singles willing to branch out from the usual dating scene.

54.1361, 10.5559

Added by frauhuber

The red post box.

Manchester, England

The Undamaged Red Post Box

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

53.4835, -2.2434

Added by MamaGoose

See London’s Underground ‘Mail Rail,’ Then and Now

See London’s Underground ‘Mail Rail,’ Then and Now

It's like the Tube, but for post.

Behold the U.S. Postal Service's Groovy New 2017 Solar Eclipse Stamp

Behold the U.S. Postal Service's Groovy New 2017 Solar Eclipse Stamp

It changes from an eclipse to a moon when touched.

The 600-year-old milkwood tree.

Mossel Bay, South Africa

The Post Office Tree

South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.

-34.1803, 22.1422

Added by adamrodman

How Sears and Montgomery Ward Changed American Shipping

How Sears and Montgomery Ward Changed American Shipping

In the 19th century, if you wanted a package delivered and you didn't live in a big city, you were pretty much out of luck.

February 21, 2017

Abandoned Jerome Post Office

Jerome, Arizona

Abandoned Jerome Post Office

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

34.7585, -112.1239

Added by Levi Sylvester

Vanuatu's Underwater Post Office.

Underwater Post Office

The fully functional, submerged Vanuatu Post office is definitely one of a kind.

-17.6970, 168.2632

Added by bertshetler

The mailbox, with lots of graffiti from visitors.

The Black Mailbox

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

37.4572, -115.4827

Added by zackofalltrades

The Pilots Who Risked Their Lives to Deliver the Mail

The Pilots Who Risked Their Lives to Deliver the Mail

Being an airmail carrier was one of the most dangerous jobs in America.

The site of the old Post Office as it is today

Keeseville, New York

Ausable Chasm

This sandstone gorge in Upstate New York is known as the "Little Grand Canyon of the East."

44.5237, -73.4606

Added by thomasharper

The Strategic Penpals Who Play Chess by Mail

The Strategic Penpals Who Play Chess by Mail

Despite all technological advances that allow real-time play, correspondence chess is still going strong.

Fleeting Wonders: New Jersey Turkeys Go Postal On A Postal Worker

Fleeting Wonders: New Jersey Turkeys Go Postal On A Postal Worker

February 17, 2016

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