Love or hate USPS’s service, their post offices are iconic fixtures, scattered across the country from bustling city centers to the most remote of places. 

In search of the zip code

  • Moose, WY 83012

    A collection of favorites: this stylish post office is located in my number one national park: Grand Teton in the Jackson Valley along the Snake River. Named after one of my favorite animals. Never not looking for a moose in the wild. Preferably a bull moose, emerging from the water, weeds hanging from its antlers. The post office will do too.

    TBC

  • Burnt Ranch, CA 95527

    Population: 250. Small town on the way to Mount Shasta, with the Klamath Mountain range in the background. The name was given after Canadians burnt down a Native American settlement (or Rancheria).

    TBC

  • North Fork, ID 83466

    Liquor store slash post office.
    The Salmon River scenic byway is worthy of a roadtrip in and of itself. It follows its namesake river and is a dream for campers and fans of river activities. North Fork is one of the towns along the way. If you are not mailing a postcard, you can pick up some bourbon for a night by the firepit.

    TBC

Sea Ranch, CA 95497

100 miles north of San Francisco lies Sea Ranch, a community on the Sonoma County coast known for its distinct, simple timber-frame structures designed by several notable American architects. The intent was to safeguard the area’s natural beauty and ensure the dwellings have a relationship with the landscape and become part of it. This translates in muted colors, shingles of unpainted wood, and no street lights to minimize light pollution. All this to demonstrate that people can inhabit a beautiful and fragile piece of land located along a wild stretch of California coast without destroying it. The Sea Ranch lodge deserves a separate page.