They used to really operate: the payphone. Now they’re like ancient relics...Out There Somewhere with George Eskola.

“If you see a penny pick it up – then all day you’ll have good luck.” Every time my mother bent over to pick up a penny, she said exactly that. Without fail. And she picked up every penny she saw. In ...

From Quito to the Galapagos islands to the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador is overflowing with iconic places to visit. It’s a country filled with picturesque towns, a bright culture, and an atmosphere you ...

It was inevitable the day would come I’d be sprinkling handfuls of nickels onto my driveway, yet it’s a melancholy task all the same. How long before a frosting-like layer of dimes will be spread atop ...

Perhaps the man for whom Yakima’s Martin Luther King Jr. Park is named had it right all those years ago. “We shall overcome,” the great civil rights leader famously said during a 1968 speech at the ...

Learn to love your coins. That’s the message from Kevin McColly, CEO of Coinstar, the company behind those coin-cashing machines you see in supermarkets. American consumers made only 16% of their ...

When is the penny going away, and why? The Treasury Department’s pledge to stop minting new pennies by early 2026 comes after President Donald Trump directed Secretary Scott Bessent in a February ...

American consumers made only 16% of their payments in cash in 2023, according to the Federal Reserve. It's just sitting there collecting dust. It takes many forms – glass milk bottles, coffee cups, ...

There comes a time in every nation’s history when it must face the truth: we are being nickel-and-dimed to death. Literally. Our pockets are cluttered with coins that cost more to make than they’re ...