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The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School
Lifestyle
The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School
By Lanny Fuller
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
Asheville Has Range Asheville Has Range
Lifestyle
Asheville Has Range

Mountains and murals. Dive bars and the Biltmore. Airstreams and American single malt. Five days barely scratches the surface in one of America's most charming towns.

By Beau Hayhoe
Menswear Staples You Didn’t Know Had Golf History Menswear Staples You Didn’t Know Had Golf History
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Menswear Staples You Didn’t Know Had Golf History

The Harrington jacket is only the beginning.

By Cool Material
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Jacob Witzling Handcrafts the Most Unique Cabins

Jacob Witzling is a 2nd grade teacher with a very unique side hustle—he hand-builds off-the-grid cabins inspired by worlds of fantasy and fueled by childlike imagination. Each of the five cabins that Witzling has built so far—including one that's built onto the back of a truck—is made with scraps of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
8 Scientific Studies That Prove Whiskey is Good for You

Mark Twain, the man lauded as the father of American literature, is remembered for many things, but perhaps his most widely used commentary is on a topic we hold near and dear—whiskey. Twain famously uttered the timeless words, “Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is…

By Maxwell Barna
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Food
The King of Meat Made a Portable Grill That Reaches 1,500ºF

Pat LaFrieda—aka The King of Meat—is the butcher responsible for most of the first-class meat that ends up in high-end joints all over. If you're looking for a way to get the same kind of food experience with his mail order meats like you'd get in a restaurant, you need…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
‘Restricted Areas’ Chronicles a Technological Future That Never Happened

Danila Tkachenko is a Russian visual artist and photographer who focuses on the unconventional. His project "Restricted Areas" zeroes in on abandoned Soviet buildings and installations. As he told Fast Company, "One day I went to visit my grandmother who lives in a closed and previously secret city near Chelybinsk,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
ECD Automotive Design Project Hard Drive Defender

The name might have changed from East Coast Defender to ECD Automotive Design, but the quality of the rides has not. Whether it's the Project DiVA D90 or the Project Viper D130, there's no shortage of jaw-dropping vehicles that have rolled out of the ECD shop. The latest is a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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