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What It’s Like to Mush Your Own Dog Team Through Alaska
By Brandon Withrow
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The Gentlemen’s Trip: A Field Guide

Everything you need to turn a guys trip into something better.

By Lanny Fuller
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The Soundtrack of a Gentlemen’s Trip

Because music shapes a trip.

By Lanny Fuller
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What to Pack for a Gentlemen’s Trip

Packing can be fun. I said it.

By Lanny Fuller
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An Original Futuro House is on Airbnb

The most famous architects of the 20th Century most certainly includes the likes of Saarinen, Gehry, Mendelsohn, Wright, Pei and Khan, but as we've said before, we'd be remiss not to mention Matti Suuronen and his Futuro UFO House that was extremely popular in the 60s and 70s. Designed and built with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Burning Man Fly Ranch City

The annual Burning Man event will finally have a real home instead of just planting itself in the middle of the desert near Black Rock City, Nevada. The festival hosts 70,000+ "burners", and it's absolute insanity. Organizers were prescient in buying Fly Ranch, a 3,800-acre compound in the same area,…

By Amos Kwon
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Anthony Bourdain’s Posthumous Travel Book ‘World Travel: An Irreverent Guide’ is Available for Pre-Order

Whether it comes to our favorite knives, TV shows, or ways to travel, there's no denying the fact that Anthony Bourdain had a huge influence on each and every one of the people here at Cool Material. While we all long to experience the world and Travel Like Anthony Bourdain…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Whale-Shaped Australian Underwater Discovery Centre

You don't have to pull a Jonah to get in the belly of a whale. Okay, so this one's not alive, and it probably doesn't smell like rotting krill inside. London Architecture firm Baca Architects designed the Australian Underwater Discovery Centre to be fun and also pay homage to the…

By Amos Kwon
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Alauda Airspeeder Mk3 Flying Electric Race Car

Australia's Alauda just pulled the covers off something awesomely wacky, a full-sized, fully-operational flying electric race car. It's called the Airspeeder Mk3, and it will actually enter a race this year. Its frame uses a lightweight carbon-fiber monocoque chassis and a slippery aerodynamic teardrop body. The Airspeeder Mk3 is powered…

By Amos Kwon
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