The humble ZIP Code shows up in all kinds of surprising places. Planet Money looks at how it was born, how it transformed the mail and talks to one researcher who argues that it's gone too far.

One of the world’s most important contemporary Japanese print galleries lives in Cleveland. It stretches back seven decades.

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Hochatown lost its ZIP code when the Army Corps of Engineers moved the town to construct Broken Bow Lake. Now, town officials ...

For many people, the only way to afford a home is to finance it with a mortgage and pay off that loan over time. During the ...

Unfortunately, retribution rarely happens to the anonymous scammers who ruin people’s lives and walk away without a backward ...

The zip code provides all the information related to your address and all important deliveries ranging from letters to couriers or online purchases are depended on this code.This code is made up of ...

Photo / Dean Purcell We all have those people in our lives who’ve bought into outlandish conspiracy theories, in an age where they thrive online. So what is it that tips people down the rabbit hole?

Once a vital economic hub and Syria's largest city, Aleppo was ravaged by years of fighting, until government forces, with help from Russia and Iran, finally recaptured the entire city in 2016.

The zip code provides all the information related to your address and all important deliveries ranging from letters to couriers or online purchases are depended on this code.This code is made up of ...