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Lifestyle

Inspiration for elevated living: the best in food, drinks, home, travel, health, entertainment & more.

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Lifestyle
How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party
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A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital
Lifestyle
A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital

From dilapidated hospitals to disapproving librarians in a bar, I took a haunted Eastern Washington road trip.

By Brandon Withrow
2026 Ford Bronco Outer Banks is More Civilized, But No Less Capable 2026 Ford Bronco Outer Banks is More Civilized, But No Less Capable
Lifestyle
2026 Ford Bronco Outer Banks is More Civilized, But No Less Capable

The Outer Banks brings commuting comfort to Ford’s off-road icon without sanding away its personality.

By Amos Kwon
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Lifestyle
A Better Way to Bring the Shade

Shibumi Reinvented Beach Shade. Now It’s Coming for the Pop-Up Tent.

By Cool Material
Home
Underground House Plan B

It's not uncommon to completely rethink life as we know it because of the COVID-19 pandemic. If you're thinking the way we are, it's time to cut ties to everything and move underground in a perfectly appointed bunker like the Underground House Plan B from Sergey Makhno Architects that you see…

By Cooper Fleishman
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New Zealand’s Boutique American Wild West Town Is for Sale

There are plenty or fabulous and well-designed architectural marvels we want to own, but few seem as lucrative as New Zealand’s Boutique American Wild West Town that's for sale right now. Situated on 900 acres in the Ruatiti Valley of New Zealand's North Island--that's about seven hours south of Auckland…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Eau de Space NASA Designed Space Cologne

It should come as absolutely no surprise that training to become an astronaut is a decades long affair that involves a lot of unique experiences you'd never think about on Earth. One of those unique situations is the smell of space that shuttle pilot Tony Antonelli describes as "strong, unique…

By Cooper Fleishman
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GM U.S. Army Infantry Squad Vehicle

There have been more than a few great vehicles produced for the military over the years, but few of them compare to the sheer utilitarianism that is the Hummer. That is until General Motors Defense dropped the details on the $214million contract they were just awarded by Uncle Sam to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Richard Petty’s 1971 Plymouth Road Runner

Richard Petty is an American racing legend with the most NASCAR series wins, a shocking 200, over a career that lasted 34 years. Now, one of The King's iconic race cars is up for auction, the very 1971 Plymouth Road Runner that he took to the #1 spot at the…

By Amos Kwon
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