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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
Features
The 9 Most Interesting Metro Cards Ever Released

New York City is one of the most art-influenced and art-influencing places in the entire world. Aside from being packed with museums, art houses, theaters, galleries, and music venues, it’s the kind of city whose streets ooze with creativity—from Subway platform bands and back-alley b-boy crews, to street art galore…

By Maxwell Barna
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Kimo Hut

Just outside the small town of Gundagai in New South Wales, Australia, is where you'll find the Kimo Estate, a luxury venue on a working 7,000-acre farm. They can accommodate up to 28 people on the farm for weddings, receptions and the like, but it's JR's Hut that really has…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Spy Hill Was Built for One of the First American Undercover Agents

Enoch Crosby was a spy during the Revolution, attending a meeting of British loyalists and relaying the information acquired to help jail the others in attendance. When he wasn't running covert ops, Crosby was kicking back at Spy Hill, a colonial estate in the heart of the Hudson Valley. You…

By Mike Newman
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Prince’s Island Estate

A long and winding purple driveway leads to Prince's former island getaway on Turks and Caicos. That drive could soon lead your car to your new home, if you're willing to spend pop superstar-level cash. The late-singer's 1,000+ sq ft pad is up for auction and is the epitome of…

By Mike Newman
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Truck Surf Hotel

If you and some friends want to catch a few waves but aren't anywhere near the surf, consider booking the Truck Surf Hotel, a mobile surfing getaway that takes you right to the edge of the water. The truck takes you and a handful of guests to the coast of…

By Mike Newman
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