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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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DAMD Suzuki Jimny Dronco Body Kit

We really hate looking at the latest customization kit for the diminutive off-road cube, the Suzuki Jimny, pretty much because we can't even buy the Jimny in the states. Japanese company DAMA has created the Dronco body kit that outfits the tiny Far East version of the Merc Gelandewagen to…

By Amos Kwon
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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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