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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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Upcycle Motor Garage Suzuki GS650 Beach Cruiser

All motorcycles are for the warmer months, right? Well, this modded GS650 is especially so. Johnny Nguyen from California's Upcycle Motor Garage made it is personal project, and the result is near-perfect. The base bike was a 1981 GS650 GL with just 1,100 miles on it, not something you come…

By Amos Kwon
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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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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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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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