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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

The Cool Shop
The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop

For the beach, the lake, the trail, and wherever you like disappearing to on summer weekends.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

Must-Reads

Our team’s top picks

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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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What We're Buying

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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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What We're Buying

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

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10 Books That Will Make You Seem Smarter Than You Really Are

Books, and the ability to print them in mass, changed the course of human history. No longer was learning confined to an educated elite. Fast forward 560 years and we have more options than ever for learning, including podcasts, YouTube videos, and infographics. Yet, books still form the foundation, and a…

By Drew Haas
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META-Project Ski Overlook

When the owners of the Vanke Songhua Lake Resort in China's Jilin province decided to add a man-made element to their resort with almost 20 miles of slopes, they turned to Beijing-based META-Project to create an overlook and observatory that would add to the entire experience without detracting from the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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An Inspirational Short Film About Lawn Mower Racing

From the days of running the 40-yard dash in gym class, we've been obsessed with proving we're faster than our peers. We're not the only ones with such an obsession, and the need to win a speed challenge has found its way into driving, horseback riding, and about a million…

By Mike Newman
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2019 Mercedes-AMG G63 G-Wagen

Now that Mercedes-Benz has fully taken the wraps off the 2019 G-Class, it's time to talk about its meaner, faster and technology more advanced big brother—the 2019 Mercedes-AMG G63. Seeing as how AMG played a large role in completely redeveloping the 2019 G-Wagen as a whole, the list of upgrades…

By Cooper Fleishman
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‘Atlanta’ Season 2 Trailer

We're only a few weeks out from Donald Glover resuming his role as king of the world. Fresh off a Grammy win and one stellar performance, Glover returns to his FX series, Atlanta. While a few teasers have been released, none have shown much of anything. Now we get the official…

By Mike Newman
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