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The Last Thing Most Home Bars Get Wrong: Ice
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The Last Thing Most Home Bars Get Wrong: Ice
By Christopher Osburn
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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

This coastal Jalisco town has long attracted artists, celebrities, and discerning travelers. Here's how to do it right.

By Cool Material
From Medieval Streets to Whisky Islands: The Ultimate Scotland Road Trip From Medieval Streets to Whisky Islands: The Ultimate Scotland Road Trip
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From Medieval Streets to Whisky Islands: The Ultimate Scotland Road Trip

After traveling across the country to coastal villages and buzzing cities, here’s my 6-day Scotland guide for every type of traveler.

By Hayley Domin
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.

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The 8 Best ‘Mythbusters’ Episodes of All Time

When Mythbusters first aired 13 years ago (on the Discovery Channel, of all networks), no one—including the show’s hosts, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman—knew just how successful or special it would be. And throughout the program’s TV tenure, it would accomplish a feat many a high school biology and chemistry…

By Maxwell Barna
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Wear This: Beer Garden

It's the season for taking Friday nights outdoors, for ditching the dimly lit interiors of local bars in favor of the long, communal tables of an outdoor beer garden. Since it's not quite summertime hot, a slight breeze can be in the air as you share a drink. Luckily, Dockers® has…

By Mike Newman
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10 Watch Brands You Should Know, But Probably Don’t

Timex. Rolex. Casio. Patek. All those brands, along with dozens of others, are household names. But they're not the only companies making high quality, stylish timepieces worthy of a place in your collection or on your wrist. There are so many small shops, family-run operations and men's watch brands that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The 8 Best Tactical Flashlights

A tactical flashlight is one of the best, most useful things you can carry on a daily basis. Not only can it be used to illuminate dark paths, hard-to-see keyholes, and other late night mysteries, but it is one of the best self-defense tools you can have. Unlike knives or other…

By Mike Newman
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8 Apps That Could Save Your Life

There are a lot of folks out there who would argue technology often does a lot more harm than good. It contributed to our new-age societal isolation, it gave us drone warfare, and worst of all, it gave us Justin Bieber. Ugh. But technology also gave us incredible things like…

By Maxwell Barna
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