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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
Home
This Damascus Chopping Knife’s Handle Is Made of Recycled Skateboards

Damascus steel, known for its wavy surface pattern created from repeated heating and forging, is being used in a whole new way by SecondShot out of Canada. Their Damascus Chopping Knife with a 7" blade would already look fantastic in your kitchen, along with making short work of anything you'd…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
The First Ford GT Delivered to North America Is Going to Auction

The Ford GT is one of the most fantastic supercars on the market for all the right reasons, but this 1966 Ford GT40 MkI is in a class all its own. The only GRT40 road car delivered new with air conditioning, leather trim, luggage boxes, undersealed chassis and this special…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Readymade Weekender Japanese Dutch Oven

We never thought we'd say this about a piece of cookware, but Readymade's Weekender Japanese Dutch Oven is a functional thing of beauty. Designed by Yoshida Kigata and built by hand in Fukuoka, Japan, with heavy-duty cast iron, this rectangular dutch oven has the added benefit of holding steam more…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Moto 2×2 Tarus Off-Road Motorcycle

Think about all the areas you'd never want to ride through on a motorcycle, and then throw them out the window because those are all the places the Moto 2x2 Tarus excels. The Tarus is essentially an off-road motorcycle, or a two-wheeled ATV, capable of tackling marshes, bogs, thick mud,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
How 10 of the Hottest Craft Breweries Got Their Names

The craft beer world is full of interesting and downright strange brewery names.  Some people have a tough time naming their brewery and others come up with theirs almost right away. So that got us wondering, how did well known breweries like Funky Buddha, Jester King and Lord Hobo get their names? We…

By Christopher Osburn
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