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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
By Beau Hayhoe
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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
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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.

By Cool Material
The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico
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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
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World’s First Driverless Race Car

At first glance, this curious vehicle looks like the future of Formula class race cars. But something's just not right. The driver, well, isn’t there. There isn’t even room for a driver. You are looking at the completed Roborace Driverless Race Car made specifically for the world’s first autonomous racing…

By Kevin McCauley
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The Only 5 Cookbooks Every Man Should Own

Listen… We all go through it—that phase of life where you eat 20-piece McNuggets and DiGiorno pizzas for dinner on the daily. But when it comes time to grow up and stop clogging your arteries, you realize cooking is one of those things that’s actually exceptionally rewarding and fun to…

By Maxwell Barna
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An Alfa Romeo 1950s Italian Military Truck Is up for Auction

One look at this 1952 Alfa Romeo 1900 M ‘Matta’ reconnaissance vehicle was probably all it took for you to decide you want to be the winning bidder when the gavel falls at the Sotheby’s auction in London this September. There’s more to the story of this vehicle than the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Sariel Built a Working LEGO RC Land Rover Defender 90

There have been plenty cool LEGO versions of real cars over the years, but Sariel built a working LEGO RC Land Rover Defender 90 that blows them all out of the water. Powered by two PF XL motors and featuring four-wheel drive, a four-speed transmission, locking differentials, front-mounted winch and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Quiz: Can You Pick the Correct Craft Beer Label?

There are so many beers being brewed right now that breweries are literally running out of names. And with so many of those being bottled or canned, you'd think it would be impossible for the average drinker to recognize more than a handful of them. But what about the craft beer lover?…

By Mike Newman
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