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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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Own Michelangelo’s Tuscan Villa

If you need to stretch your artistic muscles—and your pockets are insanely deep—the Tuscan villa of your dreams just hit the market. Michelangelo's villa, which the legendary artist acquired in 1549, is for sale now through Handsome Properties International. The home boasts 10 bedrooms, 7 full baths, and over 12,000…

By Mike Newman
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Invisible Studio Trailer Microhome

A home that costs $28,000? Sign. Us. Up. Okay, before you cancel your lease and plan your move, this microhome is one of a kind—but Invisible Studio is happy to share the plans so you can try your hand at building your own. The Trailer microhome is a relocatable pad…

By Mike Newman
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This Startup Wants to Build the World’s First Luxury Space Hotel

If Richard Branson and Elon Musk have their way, you'll soon be able to book trips to space for vacation. But what happens if you want to do more than just experience weightlessness and come back down to earth? If the startup Orion Span has any say in the matter,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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These Bubble Domes in Ireland Let You Sleep Under the Stars

Enjoying the great outdoors usually stops when you need to slip into your cabin or tent for some shuteye. Keep soaking in Mother Nature as you drift off in these Bubble Domes, which are located in Northern Ireland and offer incredible views while you're under the covers. Surround yourself with…

By Mike Newman
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Loba House

The Loba House looks like it should exist in a city, sandwiched between two buildings. Exorbitant rent. Kitchen that doubles as an office. That sort of thing. Instead, Pezo Von Ellrichshausen, an art and architecture studio based in Southern Chile, placed this slender, concrete structure in the Coliumo Peninsula. It…

By Mike Newman
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