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My 24-Hour Reset at Raffles Boston
By Hayley Domin
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The Men’s Only Wellness Retreats You Won’t Find on Google

Once dismissed as woo-woo, men’s wellness retreats are becoming a legitimate answer to stress, isolation, and burnout.

By Lola Méndez
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The Great Winter Escape

Unexpected winter destinations to visit around the globe.

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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Hut on Sleds Is a Cabin That Can Be Moved

Situated on the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand, Whangapoua is a small settlement of mostly vacation homes with some of the most picturesque surroundings you'll ever experience. The only issue with the Coromandel beach site is that it exists within the erosion zone, so all buildings must be removable. Crosson…

By Cooper Fleishman
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This Steam Locomotive Takes You on a Beer-Fueled Adventure

You could easily convince us to take a ride in a 1920s steam locomotive through the Colorado mountains without offering us beer. So it should come as no surprise that a trip on the Durango Brew Train sounds a lot like heaven. An authentic 1920s steam locomotive takes passengers through…

By Mike Newman
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5 Haunted Airbnbs You Can Stay In This Halloween

When we think of Halloween, we don’t think of stale candy corn and store-bought costumes. We think of gory horror movies, haunted houses, and things that go bump in the night. But it's not always enough to limit that stuff to pop culture and secondhand stories.  Sometimes we want to…

By Maxwell Barna
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The Best National Parks No One Talks About

When people think of the National Park Service, they think of Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and Yosemite. But there are 417 sites across the country overseen by the National Park Service, which means there are 414 that most people don’t think to visit. In a selfish way, we like that. It…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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This Light Bridge Installation Looks Straight Out of a Sci-Fi Movie

Phillip K. Smith's installations are unlike anything else out there. Ever since we saw "Lucid Stead," a mirrored abode he built in 2013, we knew we were going to love everything Smith concocts. That holds true with his latest, The Detroit Skybridge project. Smith turned the pedestrian overpass into something…

By Mike Newman
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