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

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
The Boiling River, or <em>Shanay-timpishka</em>, in Peru was long thought to be a myth.
haunted

10 of Our Absolute Favorite Atlas Obscura Podcast Episodes

Wait'll you hear these wonders of audio storytelling.
April White April 12, 2023
The memorial.
Moffat, Scotland

The Postie Stone

A memorial to two dedicated postal workers who lost their lives delivering mail.
The 6888th Battalion was led by 26-year-old Major Charity Adams Earley, the first Black woman to become an officer in the Women’s Army Corps.
military history

The Little Known History of World War II's All-Black, All-Female Battalion

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion helped connect soldiers on the front lines with their families back home.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing February 14, 2023
railroads

Podcast: The Mail Rail

Beneath the streets of London, a secret subway for snail mail.
The Podcast Team January 11, 2023
nature

Thoughtful, Surprising Last-Minute Gifts

A gift guide from the Atlas Obscura team.
Atlas Obscura December 2, 2022
politics

Podcast: The Loneliest Post Office

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team September 6, 2022
Skater Girls Mailbox
Bratislava, Slovakia

Skater Girls Mailbox

In an area known in Bratislava’s postal history, this sculpture sits equipped with a functional postbox.
The Postcards from Timbuktu project promises mail from one of the most legendarily inaccessible cities in the world. The city's reputation was mostly myth until the unrest of the last decade.
art

Timbuktu Is Just a Postcard Away

Years of political unrest have halted tourism in the Malian city, so local guides are bringing Timbuktu to the world—through the mail.
Annie Risemberg June 1, 2022
Goudier Island, off the northwest coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. is home to what one stamp collector from England described in 1946 as “the loneliest post office in the world.”
politics

Letters from the Loneliest Post Office in the World

A story of Antarctic adventure seekers, stamp collectors, politics, and penguins.
Andrew Avery May 5, 2022
Sir James Murray's letterbox
Oxford, England

Sir James Murray's Post Box

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Saya Kubota, the creator of Missing Post Office.
Mitoyo, Japan

Missing Post Office

A unique art exhibit home to letters addressed to those unable to receive them.
Kaweah Post Office
Three Rivers, California

Kaweah Post Office

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.
Tip of the arrow, looking back west. The skylined mountains are Boca Ridge in California. The blue paint is _not_ original.
Reno, Nevada

Airmail Arrow

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.
Wood & Swink General Store and Post Office
Evinston, Florida

Wood and Swink General Store and Post Office

This general store is stocked with memorabilia from the 1930s onward—almost none of it for sale.
Post Office Bay, on the island of Floreana in the Galapagos.
islands

Podcast: Post Office Bay

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team December 13, 2021