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The Great Winter Escape
By Hayley Domin
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The Bucket List of Remote Places to Kayak

Here's your guide to the coolest places to kayak.

By Brandon Withrow
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You Don’t Need Couture Cash to Live It Up in Paris

Your chic, sophisticated, and smart visitor’s guide to the City of Light.

By Blake Snow
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The Coolest Places To Travel In 2026

23 places for your consideration.

By Cool Material
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Tye Haus A-Frame Cabin

We'd guess 50% of our Instagram feed is dedicated to adventure porn, and it's making us want to ditch these keyboards and get out a bit more. First stop: Tye Haus. The A-frame cabin is nestled in the trees outside Skykomish, Washington, and sleeps six. Besides being a stunning 1,100-square-foot…

By Mike Newman
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The “Sky Pool” Will Connect Two Apartment Buildings in London

Instead of taking the elevator to the ground floor, crossing the street, and taking another elevator up to your friend's flat, some lucky folks in London will soon be able to swim there. The Sky Pool at Embassy Gardens, where apartments cost close to $1 million, will be the first…

By Mike Newman
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The Minimal Japanese Airport Terminal

If you're flying to Tokyo, it doesn't matter if you land at Haneda or Narita, both can be fairly chaotic. However, perhaps there's a bit of hope for the latter thanks to the work of Nikken Sekkei, a Japanese architecture studio. The team redid one of the terminals for about half of…

By Mike Newman
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Stay in a Medievel Tent at Leeds Castle

You might not have to wake in the morning to stretch before your jousting match, but if you want a bit of a medieval experience—albeit a much swankier one—consider staying on the grounds of Leeds Castle. You can choose between eight striped tents that sit outside the castle, each equipped…

By Mike Newman
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A Map of Literature’s Most Epic Road Trips

There's an underlying theme of transformation when it comes to the great American road trip. That's why it makes such a great vehicle for wisdom and change in literature. The team over at Atlas Obscura are helping you recreate some of the epic journeys from your favorite reads with The Obsessively Detailed…

By Mike Newman
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