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Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
Lifestyle
Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
By Beau Hayhoe
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Lifestyle
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

By Cool Material
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Lifestyle
How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party

World-class spirits, classic cocktails, and no time spent shaking and stirring.

By Cool Material
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
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LEGO ‘Fast and Furious’ Dodge Charger

The first Fast & Furious film came out almost two decades ago. The $5 billion grossing franchise has had spinoffs, animated series, theme park attractions and more actors (Statham! The Rock! Dame Helen Mirren!) attached since it turned Vin Diesel and Paul Walker into household names... but the real stars…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Honda CT125 Hunter Cub Motorcycle

We've said it before and we'll say it again--the Honda Cub and Honda Super Cub are some of the most popular, widely produced and incredibly popular motor vehicles on the planet. Honda is expanding their line of incredibly popular and accessible motorbikes with the Honda CT125 Hunter Cub, a new…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
UNO Minimalista

The card game UNO is some of the most fun you can have with a deck of cards when there isn't gambling involved. The almost half a century old game has remained pretty much the same since it's creation, but now it's getting a face lift courtesy of Brazilian design…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Hide Work Custom Yamaha MT15 Tracker

Taiwanese moto shop Hide Work Custom just built an aggressive scrambler/tracker-style bike out of 155cc Yamaha MT15 by imbuing it with the kind of styling more commonly found on big displacement bikes. It gets a custom-built trellis subframe, not unlike a Ducati Monster, replete with fiberglass mesh side panels, and…

By Amos Kwon
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Ironwood Custom BMW R1250 GS “Dominator”

Looking like a Beemer that was birthed by Minecraft and a Tron movie, the Dominator by Ironwood Custom is nothing, if not radical with its orange-trimmed angular bodywork, vertical LED headlight setup, carbon fiber fork, and massive 19" rear tire. What's more, the orange highlights actually change their appearance depending…

By Amos Kwon
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