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Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
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Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
By Beau Hayhoe
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

By Cool Material
Nearly Two Decades Later, Outlier Is Still Changing the Face of Menswear Nearly Two Decades Later, Outlier Is Still Changing the Face of Menswear
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Nearly Two Decades Later, Outlier Is Still Changing the Face of Menswear

The ultra-innovative brand is making clothes for generations ahead, using remarkable materials and taking on climate change.

By Beau Hayhoe
A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital 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

From dilapidated hospitals to disapproving librarians in a bar, I took a haunted Eastern Washington road trip.

By Brandon Withrow
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7 Unique Whiskeys Worth Searching For

Whiskey is ripe for experimentation right now and distillers are switching up every step of the process. They’re using new grains, changing their casks, and taking the aging process mobile. Some of these experiments make for great new whiskeys, while others end up tasting like something you’d use in a…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Most Insane Street-Legal Cars You Can Drive

If someone were to tell us the automotive world is boring, we wouldn’t agree, but we’d understand where they were coming from. Most of the cars we see on the road are Honda Civics, Toyota Camrys, and whatever similar vehicles other car manufacturers are offering. SUVs are obviously popular as…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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A Guide to Motorcycle Styles

With riding season quickly approaching, our brains are clogged with wheelies, tight corners, burnouts, and all the things motorcyclists live for. Spring is that special time of year when people are either just finishing up their winter projects, or gassing up their scoots and heading out for the first rip…

By Maxwell Barna
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Our 8 Favorite Jackets for Fall

Fall is a progression of layers. You start the season in a t-shirt, perfectly comfortable in the waning warmth of summer. Then, by December 21, you look like Joey Tribbiani wearing all of Chandler Bing's clothes. Somewhere in that progression, the most versatile piece of your fall wardrobe is introduced:…

By Mike Newman
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K-Cup Cocktails

You haven’t been using your Keurig to brew up boozy beverages? What’s wrong with you, man?! If you want in on the action, here are some K-Cup Cocktails to get you started. (Adjust level of booze to your taste/tolerance.) Loosely based on an Apple Rye Punch, this drink ditches any…

By Mike Newman
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