Search no longer works in Mail

Whenever I try to search all my mailboxes, the Activity window indicates that Mail is getting hung up trying to open a mailbox called "MessageMallSearchMailbox". Anybody have any clue what this is? Nothing is coming up on Google, and I most definitely did not create a mailbox with this name.
OS X 10.8.5

Thought I'd post a screenshot of the Activity window when I try to search. I sure would love to know where this Mailbox is so I can rebuild it or destroy it. I searched ~/Library/Mail but there is no mailbox there with this name.

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