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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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Atelier Général La Roche House

Nestled in the mountainside in Quebec is a home constructed by Atelier Général that's clad in all black. La Roche ("The Rock") is a retreat that blends incredible views with a motif best suited for a Bond villain. The two-story home is built into the sloping ground, with a back…

By Mike Newman
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This Off-the-Grid Cabin Is Made from Salvaged Iron

You won't find Bloomin' Onions and Aussie-Tizers in the real Outback; you'll find a whole lot of nothing. The real Outback is vast and vacant. In other words, it's ideal for an off-the-grid retreat, which is why a client of Modscape, a design firm, had this cabin built. Crafted from…

By Mike Newman
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The Best Earplugs to Actually Get Some Shut-Eye

Flying can be a real drag. It’s uncomfortable, there’s always a baby crying somewhere, and the food is almost never good. We’re always on the hunt for ways to make flying a less traumatic experience, and this week, we’re coming back with something so obvious and basic that we can’t…

By Maxwell Barna
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Skýli Is an Extreme Mountain Hideaway

Designed by Utopia Arkitekter AB out of Stockholm for a design competition focused on Icelandic backpackers and nomads, Skýli (Icelandic for "shelter") is an extreme mountain hideaway built for the most brutal conditions. Between its interesting triangular shape and huge windows, the cabin rises abruptly from the landscape while still not…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Four Days, Two Wheels, and 3,500 Miles: Our Motorcycle Trip Across America

A little while back, I embarked on the kind of trip every motorcycle rider dreams of. The team from EagleRider flew me out to Portland and hooked me up with a motorcycle, after which I screamed across the country on two wheels. All told, I was in six different cities,…

By Maxwell Barna
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