Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Zone Improvement Plan, the network of ZIP codes we use for everything from mail delivery to credit card security. The U.S. Postal Service began using the ...

Friendswood, a city founded by Quakers in the late 1800s, takes pride in keeping the city clean. There are several efforts to do so, including an award-winning volunteer committee called "Keep ...

Nowadays, people don't send letters to one another when they want to catch up. You may get holiday or birthday cards from your parents, grandparents or other family members and friends, but for the ...

ZIP codes have been around for less than fifty years. In addition to allowing future historians to ascertain that the television show "Beverly Hills 90210" must have been created no earlier than 1963, ...