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This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
Lifestyle
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
By Brandon Withrow
The World’s Highest Distillery Just Made the Perfect End-of-Summer Whiskey The World’s Highest Distillery Just Made the Perfect End-of-Summer Whiskey
Lifestyle
The World’s Highest Distillery Just Made the Perfect End-of-Summer Whiskey

Breckenridge Distillery’s newest bottle starts with some of the most coveted peaches in America.

By Beau Hayhoe
12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game 12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game
Lifestyle
12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game

From Tiger Woods’ surprisingly beatable low round to the golf course sitting 15,000+ feet above sea level.

By Cool Material
The Last Thing Most Home Bars Get Wrong: Ice The Last Thing Most Home Bars Get Wrong: Ice
Lifestyle
The Last Thing Most Home Bars Get Wrong: Ice

The overlooked ingredient that controls temperature, dilution and, ultimately, how good your drink tastes.

By Christopher Osburn
Food
MÄNNKITCHEN Pepper Cannon: The Pepper Mill for Pepper Lovers

Whether you're following the instructions in a cookbook, the steps in an online recipe or just winging it, you're going to need to season whatever it is you're cooking with salt and pepper. When it comes to pepper, all the average grinders suck. It doesn't matter if you bought a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Mahmoud Sherif’s ‘The Director’ Is a Brutalist Housing Concept Perched on the Edge of a Cliff

While there are certainly no shortage of brutalist, conceptual architecture pieces we long to visit, few of them call to us like Mahmoud Sherif's design that's appropriately titled 'The Director Will Be Here Shortly." Visually situated in the volcanic remains of Reyinsfijara, Iceland, this brutalist style weekend retreat doubles as cliffside dwelling…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Waffle House “Bacon and Kegs” Beer

In addition to being arguably the greatest late-night restaurant chain in the nation, serving as an informal barometer for FEMA and having one of the most potentially infuriating menus out there because of all the options, the Waffle House is a goddamned American treasure. While the correct order is open…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
This NASA Motorcycle Concept is Designed for the Moon

Believe it or not, the last time we set foot on the Moon was almost half a century ago. The NASA Space Program might not be what it once was, but with an increased focus on travel to the Red Planet, there's also renewed interest in using the Moon as…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Iconic NASA Photograph Auction

We might not be traveling there any more, but space will always be fascinating. When it comes to space travel, the Moon years with the likes of Armstrong and Aldrin will always be the most fascinating to us because they made the idea of traveling off planet and touching down…

By Cooper Fleishman
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