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Postal

For Sale: Relics From a Circus Musician’s Life on the Road

Outside the big top, this artist did a lot of sightseeing.

December 13, 2018

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Saigon Central Post Office

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Tony Dunnell

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Cashiers, North Carolina

Grimshawes Post Office

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

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Rovaniemi, Finland

Santa Claus' Main Post Office

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

The Duke of Octopodes

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Chicago, Illinois

Newberry Library Postcard Collection

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

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Tintagel, England

Tintagel Post Office

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

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

We wish you a mappy Christmas.

December 11, 2017

Bridegroom's Oak

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

frauhuber

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Manchester, England

The Undamaged Red Post Box

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

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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

It changes from an eclipse to a moon when touched.

Mossel Bay, South Africa

The Post Office Tree

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

adamrodman

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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

Jerome, Arizona

Abandoned Jerome Post Office

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

Levi Sylvester

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Underwater Post Office

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

bertshetler

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The Black Mailbox

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

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The Pilots Who Risked Their Lives to Deliver the Mail

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

Keeseville, New York

Ausable Chasm

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

thomasharper

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