For kids, the phone booth has become something of a novelty. But grownups can’t be bothered. The first public coin-operated pay phone appeared in Hartford, Conn., in 1889.

Students at St. Mary's College in Moraga, Calif., tried to see how many people they could cram into a phone booth on the east bay campus on Wednesday, March 25, 2009.

But the mystery behind her first days of life continued to nag at her. The tot was found on July 17, 1965, in a phone booth at the corner of Columbus Avenue and West 88th Street.

For the people stepping inside a phone booth, it's a glimpse into a painful reality for children in Michigan only being able to communicate with their incarcerated parent through collect calls.

When Doc started calling a phone booth in the middle of the desert, he was sure no one would ever pick up. Footage courtesy of the documentary short "Mojave Mirage" by Kaarina Cleverley Roberto.

Everybody needs a goal, we guess. Otok Ben-Hvar’s has to do with a phone booth. On April 1, he climbed inside a 1940s-era phone booth with wheels. He had everything he’d need to live in… ...