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The Bucket List of Remote Places to Kayak

Here's your guide to the coolest places to kayak.

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A Better Way to Spend a Winter Night In
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Dry January Isn’t New. The Drinks Are, Though.
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Bowl Season Gear by Nike

If you’re gearing up for the most wonderful, chaotic stretch of the college football calendar, start here.

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There’s Nothing Cool About Being Cold

Signature Innovation Group hid a flannel in this corduroy jacket.

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When a Dress Shoe Trend Turns Out to Be a Classic
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The Winter Olympics, But Make It Wearable
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Bowl Season Gear by Nike

If you’re gearing up for the most wonderful, chaotic stretch of the college football calendar, start here.

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There’s Nothing Cool About Being Cold

Signature Innovation Group hid a flannel in this corduroy jacket.

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When a Dress Shoe Trend Turns Out to Be a Classic

The monk strap’s journey from blog-era favorite to modern classic

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The Winter Olympics, But Make It Wearable

Nike’s cold-weather era is peaking, don’t miss out.

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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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1957 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk II Coupe

A race car’s provenance is vital to its value, and there’s much to be said for one that’s largely been untouched from the time it laid tire tracks on tarmac or dirt. That’s clearly the case with this 1957 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk II that’s beautiful simply because it wears…

By Amos Kwon
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U.S.-Mexico Border Seesaws

The Border Wall is a hotbed of political debate and engagement that we're not going to get into. What we are going to talk about is the ingenious project that Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello created that uses the wall as a fulcrum for bright pink seesaws slotted through…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Contacts That Can Zoom Are Almost a Reality

Plenty of you reading this will have been blessed with perfect eyesight. For the rest of us, it's glasses, contacts or Lasik surgery. While we're cool with whatever works best for you, advances in the world of contact science by researchers at the University of California San Diego have led…

By Cooper Fleishman
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‘Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975’ Criterion Collection

Sixty-five years ago, in 1954, the world of pop culture would change forever when a kaiju named as a portmanteau of the Japanese words "gorilla" and "whale" would emerge from the water for the first time. We are, of course, talking about Godzilla and his eponymous first movie. In the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Royal Enfield Classic 500 Stealth Black Motorcycle

More than a century ago, Royal Enfield--under The Enfield Cycle Company Limited name--started manufacturing motorcycles. The brand went defunct a few models after the Second World War, but it has since been revived with a whole new line of engines and the bikes built around them. The Royal Enfield Classic…

By Cooper Fleishman
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