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 ...

Buckets, boxes and plant containers are just some of the items residents could be seen using as makeshift mailboxes on Tuesday. Across Massachusetts, people have been forced to improvise after their ...

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. We have email, mobile phones, social media and other instant ways to ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There was a time when a mailbox was just a mailbox, an ordinary item that held the mail, did its job, and ...