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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
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Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta

Come for the mountains, ocean, and adventure. Stay for the martinis, massages, and freshly cleaned sunglasses.

By Lanny Fuller
The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School
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The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School

Your syllabus for an adult-life reset in September.

By Lanny Fuller
Asheville Has Range Asheville Has Range
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Asheville Has Range

Mountains and murals. Dive bars and the Biltmore. Airstreams and American single malt. Five days barely scratches the surface in one of America's most charming towns.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Snow Peak Smokemeister

Just because you're on the go doesn't mean you can't take some creature comforts with you. The Snow Peak Smokemiester is a portable smoker that measures a mere 18.5 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide, and we're guessing you didn't know such a thing even existed. Clearly not for vegetarians,…

By Amos Kwon
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Underwater Wine Cellar

If you've spent any amount of time touring vineyards, tasting wine or just talking about the best use for grapes, you've undoubtedly heard about how important terroir is. Turns out that "complete natural environment" that terroir refers to also extends to the way the wine is aged once it's been…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The World’s Most Expensive and Rarest Japanese Whisky Collection

There are a lot of whiskies that have piqued our interest over the years while writing all of the whisky bucket lists, but right now, we're infatuated with the whisky coming out of Japan. A few years ago, Bonhams had a collection of almost 400 rare Japanese Whiskies to be…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Find This Pop-Up Bar in a National Park and Win Free Beer for Life

You’d never guess brilliant marketing coming from Busch Beer, but this weekend they’ll let a pop-up bar loose for you to find in one of the country’s 154 national parks. The Busch Pop-Up Schop is tucked away somewhere in the vast acreage of Mother Nature for one day only (Saturday,…

By Amos Kwon
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Whiskey Peaks Grand Canyon Whiskey Glasses

We could go on for days about our favorite bottles of whiskey, their mash bills and the distilleries that produced them. While we love diving into our Whiskey Bucket List whenever the opportunity presents itself, the glass you're drinking that whiskey out of is just as important for the experience.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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