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The State Where A Post Office Will Send An Unwrapped Coconut Through The Mail By Alba Caraceni Oct. 19, 2025 7:00 am EST

Tropical destination vacationers send postcards and photos to friends and family showing vistas of white sandy beaches, crystal blue waters, and towering palm trees; however, one state encourages sending coconuts to your friends back home. Post offices in Hawaii, the only entirely tropical U.S. state, let visitors send unwrapped coconuts, making that wish-you–were-here sentiment even more tangible.

One post office on Molokai, the fifth-largest and most rural of Hawaii's five major islands, has become a tourist destination for its Post-a-Nut program. The Ho'olehua Post Office provides coconuts free of charge along with permanent markers th

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