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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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The Best National Parks Outside of the USA

We all know the US has beautiful National Parks. Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon are just a few of the incredible natural wonders inside the US borders. But obviously, nature’s gifts aren’t limited to only this country. That’s impossible. There’s a whole planet out there. International national parks offer…

By Drew Haas
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James Bond Gallery

There are quite a few things that go into a Bond film. Everyone knows you need a good-looking leading man, a better looking car, a villain hell-bent on world destruction, an espionage novel plot and a collection of cool gadgets. What else? Allow 007 ELEMENTS to answer that. 007 ELEMENTS…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Sampling Rum at the Number One Rum Distiller in the World

If we’re really looking for a delightful after-dinner cocktail or a stiff one after a hard day’s work, we’re picking up where bourbon sometimes falls short, and grabbing a pour of some barrel-aged rum. Case in point? Flor de Caña. This Nicaraguan rum company has been producing some of the…

By Maxwell Barna
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The Classic Car Club at Pier 76

For the last decade, the Classic Car Club, a New York outfit open to petrolheads, has gathered in Soho for hangouts and meetings. Now, they've packed their trunks and hightailed it over to Pier 76, where Marc Thorpe Design imagined a new home base complete with a bar, mechanic space,…

By Mike Newman
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5 Days in Nicaragua

Nicaragua is one of those places on many bucket lists for all different reasons. Excellent surf, incredible weather, inexpensive living, delicious food, friendly locals, quality cigars, and good rum all made heading out there high on our personal list. Well, last week, we crossed it off. The folks from Flor…

By Maxwell Barna
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