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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
Lifestyle
Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
By Beau Hayhoe
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Lifestyle
Our Go-to Albums for Hosting

7 albums that set the mood so you can worry about the food and whether you have enough ice.

By Cool Material
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Lifestyle
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
The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico
Lifestyle
The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico

From jungle-lined fairways to greens hanging over the Sea of Cortez, consider this our fantasy nine-hole round through Mexico.

By Cool Material
Entertainment
National Geographic: The United States of America

Following the success of another critically-acclaimed National Geographic piece—Around the World in 125 Years—National Geographic is sharing a journey across the US over the past century with a state-by-state tour in National Geographic, The United States of America. With over 700 captivating images that chronicle a vast, evolving and diverse North…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
Test Drive-Thru: 2016 Lexus GS F x Burger King Cheetos Chicken Fries

"Test Drive-Thru" is a series where we review new cars and new fast food items. Automakers have been trying to blend the sports car with the luxury sedan for years. What family man wouldn’t like a little more zip? What speed freak wouldn’t appreciate a spacious back seat for his…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Fuego Box Sends You the World’s Tastiest Hot Sauces

There’s a reason so many people turn to Fuego Box for their hot sauce fix. Every month, the guys over a Fuego Box taste hundreds of sauces and narrow them down to the 3 most flavorful for their monthly box. These hot sauces bring taste and heat to any meal…

By Mike Newman
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Home
Christoffer Relander Bottled Landscapes

As part of an ongoing project titled Jarred & Displaced, photographer Christoffer Relander is bottling Finnish landscapes with double exposure photography. These images aren't of prints shot and placed in bottles. They're not digitally color corrected edits or juxtapositions using Photoshop. Relander plays with the idea of conserving the landscapes…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
1957 Jaguar XKSS Continuation Car

In 1957, Jaguar set out to build 25 of the gorgeous Jaguar XKSS cars you see before you, but nine were lost when they were destroyed in a factory fire. In an effort to remedy that, Jaguar is producing nine painstakingly researched continuation cars to fill the gap for the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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