Route 209 Mailbox Find — Bicycle Mailbox in Hurley NY There are technically best practices about what constitutes a proper USPS® mailbox receptacle, although such regulations are apparently loose and seemingly a mystery even to most people in the Postal Service. In contrast, “anything goes” when it comes to how you mount your mailbox. In…

Historic Mail at Mohonk Mountain House — Resort Doubled as Post Office Old Time Resort Hotel, such as Mohonk Mountain House, helped Guests with the facilitation of handling letters and Parcels 19th-century and early 20th-century hotels often acted as intermediaries for guests’ mail, offering forwarding services to local post offices. Here’s an example of an…

Greene County NY Mailbox Feature — Floral Iron Craftsmanship Getting creative with a floral iron mailbox housing in the Cairo, NY area. We’ve got welding supplies, white spray paint, time on our hands, and some leftover cast iron floral pattern pieces… hmmmm…. what to do this afternoon? I know – let’s turn a standard mailbox…

Ulster County NY Mailbox — Italian-Inspired Design in New Paltz You might think that it’s just coincidental that the Italian Flag colors (colors of The Tricolour, as it’s called) were used to decorate this italian mailbox and construction drill mailbox post. But, youdda-probablya-be’a-wrong! Italian-Americans are especially proud of their work ethic after coming en masse…

  Hyde Park Mailbox — The Shangri-La Box on 9G The Shangri-La mailbox in Hyde Park, NY, takes its cue from James Hilton’s 1933 novel Lost Horizon. In the book, “Shangri-La” is a reimagining of the legendary Tibetan paradise Shambhala—a hidden valley cut off from the world. (Side note: in Tibetan, “la” means “mountain pass.”)…

George F. Collins Antique Glass Mailbox — Montgomery, New York We never saw one before until last year, but apparently, this is a “thing”. Here is — as best we can tell – an American 1900s Glass Visible Mailbox produced by the George F. Collins & Company out of Sapulpa, OK. While we’re not historians,…

Horseshoe Mailbox in Warwick, NY — Orange County, NY Someone likes horses and mail in the Warwick, NY area! Old horseshoes from the farm… a welding kit… and a little creativity — and suddenly, a horseshoe mailbox stand is born in Orange County. This roadside find shows how a touch of farm life can add…

MAILBOX MONDAY! Firewood Mailbox Modena, NY 12548 Mailboxes are often used in Upstate New York under the “honor system,” where if you take something, you leave payment for what you take. Whether for produce, second-hand stuff, or wood, Upstate New Yorkers still trust their neighbors. Here’s an example along Route 44-55 in the Modena, NY/Plattekill…

Stepping Up Mailbox in Hyde Park, NY 12538 This wasn’t just a temporary hack for a mailbox post — this mailbox stood here season after season, proving that even unconventional fixes can hold up. Unique and unapologetic, it shows a touch of Hudson Valley ingenuity that doesn’t need polishing to get the job done. Down the…

Air Mail Mailbox in Binghampton, NY We were driving along Route 206 north of Binghampton, NY, when we spotted this creative mailbox. Clearly someone decided to have some fun with the old saying, and the result is both practical and entertaining. We’re guessing the Whitney Point post office doesn’t actually have a special truck for…