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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
Food
The Brick Bar LEGO Pop-Up Bar Is Coming to Cities across the U.S.

We've seen pop-up bars for all of our favorite TV shows, movies and comic books, so why not have one for one of our favorite childhood toys? That's where the Brick Bar comes in. This LEGO pop-up bar that's traveling all over the U.S. will have over 1 million blocks…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
John Wick’s Ford Mustang Mach 1 Coupe

Keanu Reeves is a time traveler, hacker, chosen one and the star of two of the best movie fight scenes of all time, or at least the characters he plays are. His assassin alter ego John Wick also has a thing for dogs and one particular car--the 1969 Ford Mustang…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Drinks
Filson x Westland Distillery Coldfoot Whiskey

Instead of a rugged Filson product you can wear or carry, how about one you can drink on a chilly winter's eve? The American outdoor apparel brand just collaborated with Seattle's Westland Distillery to create a single malt whiskey the American way, along with a corresponding line of similarly branded…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
1988 Italdesign Aztec

When a car as unique as the Aztec goes up for sale, we take notice. It might not be a vintage Ferrari, but it is nonetheless special. Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and built back in 1988, it's all the right kind of '80s. It was way ahead of its time…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
This Volvo XC60 T8 Is Made With Recycled Ocean Plastic and Fishing Nets

You've been bragging about your sustainably sourced flip flops. Well, Volvo is here to outdo you and then some with its earth-friendly poster child. This XC60 T8 Hybrid premium crossover is showcasing Volvo's new approach to materials that will have the Chinese-owned Swedish automaker to infuse every vehicle in its…

By Amos Kwon
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