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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
Lifestyle
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
By Beau Hayhoe
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Lifestyle
Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

By Cool Material
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington 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

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

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
Entertainment
Zoom Music Video

Most of our Zoom calls involve digital cheers, explaining gallery mode, trivia games and constantly telling family members to unmute themselves. The band Thao & The Get Down Stay Down decided to use the popular conferencing service to do something incredibly more creative--film a music video. The official music video…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Sony DualSense PlayStation 5 Controller

The Sony PlayStation controller is one of the most iconic controllers ever created. It's gone through some iterations over the years, but the core profile with it's D-pad, buttons, dual analog sticks and shoulder buttons has remained largely the same. Despite the fact we have yet to see details about…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Smaug Yamaha XS360

What does it take to turn a small vintage Japanese moto into a murdered out beauty that will turn heads today? About 550 hours of meticulous craftsmanship. French moto shop Panache Customs morphed the 1977 SX360 by using a classic wristwatch as inspiration. The iconic Rolex Daytona 16523 Zenith Phase…

By Amos Kwon
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Home
Nendo Stairway House

Some custom-built homes are based on a theme. For this one in Japan, it's an absolutely dominating stairway that begins outside and penetrates all three floors as more of a sculpture than a functional means of ascent or descent. The Stairway House, as its appropriately named, was built in residential…

By Amos Kwon
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Bottpower XR-1

Buell bikes are no longer, but that didn't prevent David Sanchez of Valencia, Spain-based BottPower from using the Buell XB12 as the potent base bike upon which to create their XR-1. It utilizes the XB12's big Harley-Davidson 1203cc V-Twin engine good for 100 horsepower and drops 40 lbs of weight…

By Amos Kwon
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