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Our curated collection of buying guides tailored for gifting, hobbies and beyond.

The Cool Mother’s Day Gift Guide (New Products Added 5/1)
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The Cool Mother’s Day Gift Guide (New Products Added 5/1)
By Cool Material
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The Gentlemen’s Trip: A Field Guide

Everything you need to turn a guys trip into something better.

By Lanny Fuller
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The Cool Material Valentine’s Day Guides, 2026

Gifts for her, gifts for him, and solo trips for you.

By Cool Material
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The Cool Way to Skip Valentine’s Day (Hint: Leave Town)

From heartbreak butlers to experiences designed for solo travelers, these are the anti-Valentine's trips to treat yourself to.

By Hayley Domin
Father's Day
108 Father’s Day Gifts Dad Actually Wants

Picking out the perfect Father’s Day gift for your old man often proves tricky. Maybe that’s because we see ourselves in our dads, and we know that anytime someone asks us what we want for a special occasion we say, “Nothing.” Since you still want to get dad something to…

By Mike Newman
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Features
How to Buy Her Great Flowers for Valentine’s Day

If there’s one thing we know about Valentine’s Day, it’s that it isn’t about us. In actuality, Valentine’s Day is all about her—making sure we show her that we love and appreciate the time and effort she puts into being with us (as we know, we can be handfuls). Alas,…

By Maxwell Barna
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Articles
12 Bad-Ass Chess Sets

The game of chess is a timeless classic, challenging players from 6th century India all the way up to today. We can’t tell you how much it’s changed in those 1500 years, but we can tell you modern people are putting their own spin on it. They’re changing up pieces,…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Holiday
The 14 Best Travel Gifts You Can Give This Holiday

For the guy who’s flying in for Christmas before catching a red-eye overseas, consider something from this list. Everything below was hand-selected with the traveler in mind, the guy who probably bought your gift with airline miles. If you have someone like that on your list, hop to it and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’ Holiday Display

If you're like us, you grew up in a house that turned to tchotchke central during the holidays. Large boxes came out in the morning and then later that afternoon your home looked like it was a museum. We won't advocate for that level of decoration, but we can't not…

By Mike Newman
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