Postally Puerto Rico
Several have gotten me thinking about the U.S. Post Offices on Puerto Rico lately... 1. The island has been in the news of late. 2. The Living New Deal has been adding some great photos and information...
View ArticleStar Billings: Big Sky, Big Post Office
Montana is MT! Rather literally. (Emp-ty. Get it? Okay, pun quota met for the post.) But that doesn't mean it doesn't have some sizable, historic post offices. I've enjoyed processing original images...
View ArticleThe Flooded Post Office in the Desert: Montello, Nevada
You might be familiar with the years-long drought in California that ended this winter. The wettest winter in more than a century resulted in record snow melt, breaches in dams and emergency spillways...
View ArticleFrom Plate Blocks to Plain Ol' Plates: Old Post Offices You Can Eat At Now
Over the years I've visited hundreds of former post office locations. A surprising number of them have been converted into restaurants, eateries, and cafés. In 2013 we toured The Old Post Office...
View ArticleBig Sky, Big Post Offices, II: Missoula and More
A couple of weeks back we looked at the history through the expansion of the downtown post office in Billings, Montana. Two of Montana's other largest cities (and locations that continue to process...
View ArticleTopaz
I had difficulty finding the Topaz, California post office last month despite knowing its address. As it turns out the facility for this population-50 community has been suspended. Initiated about a...
View ArticleThe Lost Post Offices of Magoffin County, Kentucky
Once in a while a collection of post office photos truly astounds me. This was the case when Postlandia friend John Gallagher—45-year postal tourist of 35,000+ post offices—sent me photos from one day...
View ArticleFlying the 46-Star Flag
There's a lovely residence in the old seaside town of Waldoboro, Maine with a long back-story. And a slick Sotheby's real estate promo video for when it was recently sold. Ladies and gentlemen,...
View ArticleExplore Montana with the Man Who's Been to Every Town
In recent entries we explored the development of some of Montana's large post offices. Today we delve a little further. As of last month the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC)'s online post office photo...
View Article100+ Post Offices Celebrated the Eclipse with a Souvenir You Can Mail for
... And the Word from Wyoming From Lincoln City, Oregon to McClellansville, South Carolina, post offices from—literally—coast to coast commemorated the eclipse of a lifetime last week with limited-time...
View ArticleWashouts: Many post offices shuttered by storms in 2011 never reopened
Not all is well in Endwell The post offices along the Susquehanna River in the Southern Tier of New York did not fare well in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Lee. Endwell, New York: population 11,000...
View ArticleThe 2018 Calendar of Post Offices and Places
Please check the newest entries in this blog for the most current link to the most current Postlandia calendar! ---- It's that time of the year again—that time I somewhat shamelessly inform you of the...
View ArticleQuick thanks to WNPR and The Colin McEnroe Show
This is a quick post for listeners of WNPR's fantastic Colin McEnroe Show, which aired an hourlong postal-themed episode this afternoon. Thank you for reaching out and having me on the show! Here are a...
View Article2017 Postal Summary
Wow, I've been at this a while now. This blog has been around since 2010, and every year I've posted a year-end summary of all the post offices I've visited that year. So, welcome to our eighth annual...
View ArticlePostal Tour: Wheeling, West Virginia
Take I-70 from Pennsylvania toward Ohio and you'll pass through West Virginia. Though not for long—you'll be in and out in a mere 14.2 miles, a blink of an Interstate eye. You'll have driven through...
View ArticleThe Old Post Office: Indianapolis
Ah, Indianapolis. Hoosier Central. There's a former building in Indianapolis that definitely deserves to be highlighted on this blog, and it is the Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse...
View ArticlePostal Tour: Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth is so much more than an important city in Ticket to Ride. (Note: the board places Duluth where Minneapolis actually is. Let's have a look at a real map.) Duluth hugs the shoreline of the very...
View ArticleZ is for Zanesville
Ohio is great for alphabet enthusiasts. It has communities (read: post offices) beginning with all four of the rarest letters of the English language: J [Jackson, Jackson Center, Jacksontown,...
View ArticleThe 2019 Calendar of Post Offices and Places
Welcome, welcome, welcome! It's that time of the year again—time for a brand-new iteration of the Postlandia Calendar of Post Offices and Places! I'm super-excited for the 2019 edition, which features...
View ArticleBeautiful Post Office: Dubuque, Iowa
Dubuque holds a special place in history: It is, per its website, "Iowa's oldest city and is among the oldest settlements west of the Mississippi River. The first permanent settler to the area was...
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