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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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Sculptor’s Unzipped Milan Building Facade

Painting an illusion is one thing, "peeling off" a building's facade as an art installation takes a bit more, shall we say, commitment. British sculptor Alex Chinneck, who specializes in illusory sculptural and architectural displays has created a building unzipped, in what amounts to an edificial striptease. Created for Milan…

By Amos Kwon
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Spend a Night in the Louvre with This Airbnb Contest

At this point, everyone knows you can stay in some pretty sweet Airbnb rentals when you're traveling. Treehouses. Game of Thrones locations. Castles. They also cornered the market on some incredible, once-in-a-lifetime stays through contests. Joining the likes of the Great Wall, LEGO House, Van Gogh's Bedroom and Dracula's Castle…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Lime Out Is a Floating Taco and Cocktail Bar in the Virgin Islands

There's almost nothing better than enjoying an alcoholic beverage on the open water wearing nothing but a pair of swim trunks. Except, maybe, a floating bar that serves cervezas, cocktails and even tacos off the coast of Saint John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and that's exactly what Lime Out…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Chicago’s Aon Center Is Getting an 82 Story Glass Elevator

There are so many things to do in Chicago that you could spend an entire week there and not even knock out the most popular options. In addition to trips to the Sears Tower, Hancock, Bean, secret bars and north or south side baseball games, there's another attraction on the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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MUJI Hotel Ginza

Creating a luxury hotel that’s pretty much the exact opposite of the quite overdone Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas isn’t an easy feat, but Japan’s MUJI hotels have nailed it. Having opened their Shenzen, China hotel earlier this year, they’re about to open a new one in the Ginza…

By Amos Kwon
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