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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
You Could Own David Hockney’s ‘The Splash’

David Hockney's The Splash is one of those contemporary works that ranks up there with the best and brightest--we're talking Munch, Monet, Warhol, John, Lichtenstein and the like--despite the fact that it's a relatively simplistic painting of a Californian landscape complete with pool. If you've got a spare few dozen…

By Cooper Fleishman
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At Auction: 1989 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC AMG Widebody Coupe

We're all for modern innovations, performance enhancements and creature comforts, but there are still quite a few cool cars from the '80s that we love because it was the era of wide bodies and mean, angular lines. The 1989 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC AMG Widebody Coupe you see here is the perfect…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Samsung Bot Chef

One of the most exciting demonstrations at the Consumer Electronics Show was the two-armed Bot Chef by Samsung. By no means anything approaching production, it showcases what the dextrous hands are capable of as a sous chef of sorts. It works alongside you in the kitchen to help identify tools…

By Amos Kwon
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The Last Land Rover Defender

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again—there’s nothing like the styling of a Vintage SUV. While we’d happily shell out cash to own one of our many favorites, there’s just something about a Land Rover Defender that always puts it at the top of the list. Sure, we…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Sony Vision-S Concept Car

Yes, Sony built a car, and it just bowed at CES in Las Vegas. The Vision-S Concept Car is their view of what the future of driving will look like and to showcase its automotive component building capabilities. The Vision-S has two 268-hp electric motors, a 0-62 mph time of…

By Amos Kwon
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