You may think the time of collectible, metal lunch boxes is behind us, but the resale market certainly isn't. You may be surprised how much these can go for.

Before you could order food from across town and get it delivered right to your school's front door, kids were clanging to and from school with their flashy metal lunch boxes. In the 1960s and 1970s, ...

Our Tools of the Trade series is exploring some of the icons of schools and education. It was made of shiny, bright pink plastic with a Little Mermaid sticker on the front, and I carried it with me ...

What does the word "vintage" conjure up for you? For us, it's homemade chocolate chip cookies, red and white checkered tablecloths, home-cooked Sunday dinners, and that whole Donna Reed fantasy life.

Lunch boxes are an eco-friendly alternative to a single-use bag or throw-away plastic container, and there a ton of options on the market to consider. Of course, you have the old-school variety, with ...