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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
Take One Last Look at the (Many) Plastic Bags of New York

In case you weren't aware, there's a statewide plastic bag ban coming into effect on March 1st in New York. It's been almost four decades since the ubiquitous, carry groceries and then recycle for animal poop bags changed the retail landscape forever, but as Governor Cuomo puts it, “For far…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Hyundai Motor Unveils “Prophecy” Concept EV

There's nothing quite like the styling, technology and sheer impossibility of production to make you appreciate electric vehicle concepts. The Hyundai Motors "Prophecy" Concept EV was slated to be unveiled at Geneva, but it's now available for general ogling and discussion because that entire motor show was cancelled on account…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Four Roses Small Batch Select Bourbon

Four Roses Distillery issues some of the smoothest Bourbon we've ever tasted, and now they've made their "fourth rose" available in 13 new markets as part of its permanent product line. Small Batch Select comes from the skills of Master Distiller Brent Elliott, who just so happened to win the…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
KTM XBow GTX Race Car

KTM, the motorcycle company, has made the Xbow track car for years, and now they're breaking out the big guns with the Xbow GTX, a GT2-class race car that will go up against the likes of Porsche and Audi. While that's ambitious, the GTX has the guts for it. Power…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Brabus Mercedes G-Wagen 800 Adventure XLP

Brabus mods high-end German vehicles that need more power like Trump needs more orange. That said, we love ourselves an overpowered Merc Gelandewagen SUV, and the new 800 XLP Adventure is like a thermonuclear warhead on wheels. The base vehicle is an already insane 577-horsepower Mercedes-AMG G63, but Brabus saw…

By Amos Kwon
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