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Mesquite, Nevada

Airmail Arrow #32 LA-SL

A concrete arrow from a 1920s airmail navigation network.

Hurricane, Utah

Quail Creek Airmail Arrow

A surviving concrete arrow from an early-20th-century airmail-navigation network overlooks a reservoir.

Toronto, Ontario

First Toronto Post Office

The first post office in Toronto still operates today, complete with quill pens and ink for writing letters.

Wilmot, Australia

Wilmot Novelty Letterbox Trail

In Tasmania's "Valley of Views," dozens of novelty mailboxes add a quirky element to the landscape.

Ushuaia, Argentina

Postal del Fin del Mundo

The southernmost postal office in South America.

Spain's Oldest Postbox

The oldest functioning mailbox in Spain was installed in 1793.

Nishi-Ōyama Station

Japan Railways' southernmost train station offers a view of a volcano and a mailbox said to grant happiness.

Ireland's Oldest Postbox

Ireland's Oldest Postbox

Inside Cork's Kent station stands its country's longest-serving postbox.

Hong Kong's Colonial Post Boxes

These post boxes from a bygone era have been the source of controversy and debate.

You don't have to be an ultra-athlete to recreate this gold rush history.

Follow the Footsteps of an Incredible Mailman From the Gold Rush Era

Hikers recreate Snowshoe Thompson's 100-mile route through the mountains by walking, running, and even skiing.

Erika Mailman April 11, 2024

Southampton, England

Titanic Postal Workers Memorial

Dedicated to the five postal workers who died aboard the doomed ocean liner, this plaque was made from a spare propeller from the Titanic.

Mother-daughter opera singers Givonna Joseph (left) and Aria Mason (right) founded OperaCreole in 2011 to stage the forgotten works of New Orleans’s Creole composers of color.

Meet the Black Divers, Bakers, and Truck Drivers Making History in 2023

From New Orleans's unappreciated musical genius to the search for a lost shipwreck off Florida, we highlight our favorite Black History stories of 2023.

Roxanne Hoorn December 26, 2023

Moapa Valley, Nevada

Moapa Airmail Arrow

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.

The Letterbox With A Crown

The Letterbox With a Crown

In the premises of Pune Head Post Office stands a curious letterbox topped with the design of a crown.

Glasgow, Scotland

Poetry Postbox

A ceramic postbox where visitors can post original poems and creative messages.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (left), Aéropostale pilot and author of <em>The Little Prince</em>, stands in front of a plane in 1929.

The Daring Desert Pilots That Inspired ‘The Little Prince’

And the modern pilots retracing their pioneering airmail flights.

Cat Rainsford July 12, 2023

Meredith, New Hampshire

U.S. Mailboat Sophie C

One of the two USPS mailboats left in service docks regularly at Weirs Beach, Bear Island, and other Lake Winnipesaukee islands to deliver their mail.

All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

military history

Puzzle Monday: War Heroes Crossword

AO Puzzles May 1, 2023