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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
2020 Ford Ranger Prorunner

The Ranger is back, and we've driven it. Capable, practical, and right-sized, it's a solid re-entry into the mid-sized pickup truck game. But it's the Prorunner from Automotive Performance Group that gets our blood flowing. More of a baja-style pickup than a simple light-duty version, the Prorunner gets chunky exposed…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
3D-Printed VIBA BMW R nineT “Cara”

This isn't just another modded BMW R nineT. The VIBA "Cara" is a modern bobber style moto that receives significant changes via 3D printing, and the result is a sinister black beast that doesn't hold back. the French design studio and custom moto shop used their now established process of…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
The Aston Martin Valkyrie Hits the Road

We've seen photos of the British hypercar for years now, but it has finally taken to pavement for testing in the real world versus just the tarmac of the track. The Valkyrie is no show car but a bona fide near-F1 capable vehicle that's street legal and powered by a…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
‘The Architecture of Cinematic Spaces: by Interiors’

We love cinema and the purposeful spaces it created along the way for its storytelling purposes, but there has never really been a book before The Architecture of Cinematic Spaces: by Interiors that truly broke down the academic, graphic, architectural and perspective considerations that went into the selection process of a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
‘Godfather’ Horse Head House Could Be Yours for $135M

The Beverly House, aka The Beverly Compound, aka the former house of publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst, aka John F. Kennedy's honeymoon spot, aka the site of that iconic scene with the horse head in the bed from The Godfather has once again come up for sale. This Mediterranean Revival-style,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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