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You Don’t Need Couture Cash to Live It Up in Paris
By Blake Snow
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The Coolest Places To Travel In 2026

19 places for your consideration.

By Cool Material
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Where to See the Tallest Free-Standing Totem Pole on Earth

Welcome to Victoria, British Columbia.

By Lola Méndez
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London Doesn’t Have to Be Lavish to Travel Well

Your smart, stylish, and affordable guide to visiting the UK capital.

By Blake Snow
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Obey Standard Duffle Pack

Duffle bags are cool. They're used by the military, they look way more bad-ass than those rolling suitcases, they're used in movies to hold stacks of cash, drugs, guns, nukes, body parts, the list goes on. But let's face it, walking with a duffle bag down what seems like 8…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Helm Bag

While Helm is known for their shoes, we were grabbed by their bags. Initially designed to carry aforementioned shoes, they're definitely diminutive compared to your average bag but by no means do they deserve disrespect. And while they may look like the bastard offspring of a weekend duffel and a…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Jack Spade Tarpaulin Dry Dopp Kit

Dry Bags. No, it is not a Goldbond product, or a man-powder, or anything pertaining to testicles. It's a kind of bag that keeps things dry. And not like, "oh it's a light drizzle, this waxed cotton man-purse will keep my iPad from getting a boo-boo" dry. Like, "I find…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Samsonite Pixelcube Upright Suitcase

Unless you plan on staying in one place for the rest of your life, you're likely going to need a good suitcase.  And unless you want to use your grandpa's old suitcase--the one adorned with tweed and smelling like an ashtray--you'll probably want to get one of your own. Samsonite's…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Private Ninja Lessons

No, really.  This isn't tongue-in-cheek.  These are lessons on how to be a martial art Force of Stealth and Death.   Really.  Taken at a Bujinkan school in New York from a teacher awarded with full Shidoshi status, these are lessons on how to be a Ninja.  There really isn't…

By Wylie Overstreet
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