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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
Transportation
Suzuki Omni Battle Van

When human ingenuity and automotive econoboxes come together, awesome things can happen. Case in point, India-based Holy Shift Garage took a rather conventional and dilapidated Suzuki Omni van and made a small, meaty monster. The original vehicle was pretty much useless, so they stripped it down to a bare shell…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
Build Your Own Wooden Guggenheim Museum

Bored with puzzles, digital happy hours and Netflix already? Put all your free time to use and build your very own replica of the Gugenheim Museum out of wood. Officially licensed and approved by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation (which also helps support the work preserving his legacy) and produced…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Zillers Garage Custom BMW R nineT Motorcycle

When BMW first took the wraps off the new R nineT motorcycles, we knew that they were going to be some of the most popular modern bikes because of their combination of performance, style and pedigree. We didn't imagine it was only going to be a few short years before…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Stay Home: Now Would Be a Good Time to Buy a Pull-Up Bar

Since we’re all stuck inside, we decided to do some digging to find useful products to help stay productive, occupied, entertained and fit while you Stay Home. The fact that you can't go outside and should be staying away from other human beings doesn't mean you get to skip an…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Mil-Spec Automotive Ford F-150

If you think a run-of-the-mill Ford Raptor is too pedestrian for you, it may be time to look up Mil-Spec Automotive's version of a ballistic F-150. It gets features that make it ready to take on just about anything you throw at it: a 500 horsepower V8, Long Travel Fox…

By Amos Kwon
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