Posting a letter isn’t always just a walk to the corner! Around the world, some post offices are so unusual they’ve become tourist attractions. From floating on a lake to being perched on Mount Everest, these post offices are fully working and often offer unique stamps, postmarks, and small museums or souvenir shops. Here are some of the most fascinating:
1. Floating Post Office, India
Located on Dal Lake in Srinagar, this post office sits on a houseboat and has been serving locals and tourists since 1953. It even has a small museum showing Kashmir’s postal history.
2. Eiffel Tower Post Office, France
Send letters 900 feet above Paris! This tiny post office on the Eiffel Tower’s first level offers a special illustrated postmark, perfect for postcards.
3. Highest Temporary Post Office, Tibet
At Everest Base Camp, 5,100 meters above sea level, climbers and trekkers can send postcards during the climbing season from this high-altitude post office.
4. Highest Year-Round Post Office, India
Hikkim Post Office in Spiti Valley is the world’s highest permanent post office at 4,440 meters. Two postmen deliver mail to nearby villages despite harsh conditions.
5. Underwater Post Office, Vanuatu
Divers can post waterproof postcards three meters underwater near Hideaway Island, surrounded by colorful sea life.
6. Southernmost Post Office, Antarctica
Port Lockroy post office is staffed amidst 3,000 penguins! Visitors can send postcards while exploring Antarctic history.
7. Northernmost Post Office, Norway
Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard is the northernmost post office in the world, serving a tiny Arctic town and carrying on the legacy of polar exploration.
8. Coconut Post Office, Hawaii
Molokai Post Office lets visitors mail decorated coconuts anywhere in the U.S. Each coconut is checked, stamped, and shipped by USPS.
9. Cavernous Post Office, Slovenia
Inside Postojna Cave, Europe’s most famous cave, you can send letters among stalactites and stalagmites. Operating since 1899, it’s the world’s only cave post office.
10. Mule-Delivered Post Office, USA
At the bottom of the Grand Canyon, mail is carried by mules to Supai Village, following a tradition from the 1930s.
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