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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
Transportation
Cycleage Off-Road Electric Skateboard

Adding motors to anything with wheels will always make it a more interesting ride, but that's particularly true when it comes to skateboards. There have been more than a few electric skateboards over the years, but the upcoming CYCLEAGE aims to tackle something a little more adventurous than just the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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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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