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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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This Road Trip Takes You To the Best Food in the U.S.

We're always game for a road trip that takes us to the corners of the country we've never seen before. We're also always game for trying regional dishes done right. This map, composed by Orbitz, brings those two things together in the form of The Ultimate U.S. Foodie Trip. Our…

By Mike Newman
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The Nicest Boutique Hotels in the U.S. for Your Next City Trip

Don’t bother with the big hotel chains. They’re nice, but they don’t offer much in the way of character, personalization, or memories. A boutique hotel offers all three. They’re usually owned by a more local organization, put a ton of effort into capturing the atmosphere of wherever they’re located, and…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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This Luxury Resort Is Built Inside a Cave

We've wanted our own cave since we first read a Batman comic book. Here we are now, many moons later, and still no cave. WTF? Well, finally, we're about to get a little of that sweet, sweet cave action, because we're booking a night at Beckham Creek Cave, a luxurious…

By Mike Newman
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This Prefab Cabin Is Built to Withstand the Elements

The views of nature in the town of Vilches, Chile, can best be described with words like "picturesque," "idyllic" and "breathtaking." The downside is the extreme weather conditions. That's why this prefab cabin from TuCroquis had to be built to withstand everything from sweltering heat to mountains of snow. Those…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Bud and Breakfast Is Airbnb for Cannabis Friendly Homes

So you want to book at trip to Denver to enjoy the wonders of legal marijuana? That's fine and dandy, but don't expect to find any hotels keen on you burning one down while ordering room service. That's where Bud and Breakfast comes in. Bud and Breakfast is a lot…

By Mike Newman
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