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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture
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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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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

Williamsburg pairs championship courses with centuries of American history, making for one memorable long weekend.

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The Rise of Prediction Culture

From sports to pop culture, Polymarket is changing how we engage with what happens next.

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Square Off Smart Chess Board

Our smartphones have made chess a game that no longer requires adversaries sit opposite each other at a table. We find this good and bad. It's good because you can always get a game, anytime, anywhere. It's bad because, well, we miss the one-on-one interaction and the tactically pleasing moves…

By Mike Newman
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The 7 Best Cookbooks of 2018

We’re food nerds. We love everything about food—the accomplished feeling of preparing something different, the joy of watching others enjoy what we’ve made, and the excitement of learning something new. Of course, we couldn’t do any of that without cookbooks. They help open new doors to otherwise unexplored corners of…

By Maxwell Barna
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The Marshmallow Ping Pong Table Is Made from Crushed Metal Pipes

We've seen quite a few unique and otherwise intriguing ping pong tables over the years that put the standard green you're thinking of to shame. One look at this new variant from Studio Vono is all it takes to realize it belongs on any list of favorites, and that's before…

By Cooper Fleishman
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6 Books That Will Help You Retire By 50

When young people hear the word "retirement," they often think, “I have no idea how any of that stuff works, but I’m pretty sure I have a 401k.” The truth is, the earlier you start planning for retirement, the sooner that retirement can start—at least, that's the hope. It's not…

By Maxwell Barna
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The 12 Best Video Games of 2018

Game developers are quickly proving themselves as indispensable as great filmmakers and authors. Every year, they produce excellence, with something that should appeal to everyone from casual to hardcore gamers. This year was no different, and anyone even remotely interested in gaming will find something to keep them entertained. And…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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