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A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital
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A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital
By Brandon Withrow
2026 Ford Bronco Outer Banks is More Civilized, But No Less Capable 2026 Ford Bronco Outer Banks is More Civilized, But No Less Capable
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2026 Ford Bronco Outer Banks is More Civilized, But No Less Capable

The Outer Banks brings commuting comfort to Ford’s off-road icon without sanding away its personality.

By Amos Kwon
The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide
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The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide

Our favorites for fall. Your shortcut to style.

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A Better Way to Bring the Shade

Shibumi Reinvented Beach Shade. Now It’s Coming for the Pop-Up Tent.

By Cool Material
Entertainment
31 Classic Horror Movies Every Guy Should See

Horror movies are weird in that they can be both good and bad simultaneously. Scares can be served up with or without a well-crafted plot or a bevy of brilliant acting. These days, horror movies lean on being able to look incredibly realistic. But movies that are just a decade…

By Nickolaus Hines
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7 Gins For People Who Think They Don’t Like Gin

Gin inspires drinkers to fall strongly into one of two camps: those who love the spirit in all its forms, and those who despite it. A lot of that has to do with the piney juniper flavors that define London dry gin and those that style themselves after that most…

By Nickolaus Hines
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The Best Boots on Huckberry You Can Buy Right Now

Browsing Huckberry’s website is like doing a deep dive into “Buy It For Life” type products — especially when it comes to footwear. The men’s boots section alone is full of options that will likely outlive you no matter how much abuse you try and put them through. Whittling down…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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7 Bottles to Understand American Single Malt, the Country’s Newest Whiskey Category

It’s not often that a new whiskey style emerges. It takes balancing different ideals between producers to land on the exact definition, along with proving that the style is, in fact, distinct from what’s already available. New styles can mean confusion for both producers and consumers. But it’s also an…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Worth The Hype: Barbour Jackets Balance Modern Cool With Old World Style

This is Worth the Hype, where our writers and editors put popular products to the test to see if they are, in fact, worth the hype. There’s very little that intersects in the Venn diagram of Japanese street style influencers and old British aristocracy. One of the few things that…

By Brett Braley
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