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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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A Few Lucky People Will Get to Connect With Nature in a Swedish Glass Cabin

In an effort to help uncover why Sweden consistently ends up near the top of "best country to live in" and “best quality of life” lists, Visit Sweden is taking five individuals with high stress jobs and putting them in glass cabins for three days to study the effects being close to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Slate Writer’s Retreat Cabin

Peace and quiet are as essential to the writer as a computer or a pen and paper. While you can buy the latter at a store, getting your hands on the former isn't always so easy. TRIAS, an architecture studio based in Sydney, has a solution for those in Wales.…

By Mike Newman
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This Is the Longest Straight Line Hike in the World

Ken Jennings, the guy you probably know from his epic Jeopardy! winning streak, is a geography nut and acclaimed author responsible for the book Maphead and the Condé Nast Traveler column of the same name. The topic this week is the longest straight-line hike in the world. Originally discovered by Guy…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Audio
8 Pairs of Noise-Cancelling Earbuds for Your Next Flight

We're all on the same page when it comes to flying. After long lines, airport security, and a lack of quality seating, most of us don't want to listen to screaming kids, barking dogs or a seat neighbor that insists on orating their entire life. We're not encouraging any of you…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
The World’s Coolest Vending Machines

The vending machine is probably one of the greatest delivery systems man has ever thought of. Take a bunch of things, put them behind a glass display, and take people’s loose change and dollar bills for the impulse purchases. Candy, beverages, sandwiches from time to time, all deliver straight to…

By Maxwell Barna
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