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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

Williamsburg pairs championship courses with centuries of American history, making for one memorable long weekend.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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The Rise of Prediction Culture
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
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Travel
Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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What We're Buying
Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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Lifestyle
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 Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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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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The 10 Best New Things Coming to Netflix This Month

August can be one of the dullest months of the year. Summer is on its way out, everybody has barbecued beyond their heart’s content, and we’re all ready to set our sights on the crisp relief of fall. Worst of all, pretty much nothing good is on TV. That is,…

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The 7 Best Titles Coming to Amazon Prime This Month

August is a pretty boring month for TV, generally. Summer is practically over, school is going back into session, and nothing good comes on until the fall. In fact, the only thing we can think of that might keep things interesting in August is the McGregor-Mayweather fight. That is, unless…

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Gear
HVRNT Axes and Hatchets

HVRNT—it's short for "hivernant," the French word for "winterer"—is a Minnesota-based duo that uses their experience in everything from adventuring and photography to illustration and design to create awesome products of both the digital and physical variety, like the HVRNT wood-burned axes and hatchets. Each of their gorgeous chopping or…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
1959 Volkswagen Deluxe 23 Window Bus

We've seen some pretty great automotive barn finds over the years, but nothing like this 1959 Volkswagen Deluxe 23 Window Bus that was unearthed in the woods of Oregon. This bus has been restored both inside and out with a straightened body painted to factory two-tone white-over-red paint, period-correct interior…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
No Rock Table Bases Make Sure Your Table Never Wobbles

The biggest problem with tables in the home, and apparently the #1 issue in the hospitality industry as well, is the dreaded wobble. Forget shimming, putting matchbooks underneath or adjustable feet because No Rock table bases stabilize themselves with articulated leg joints. The Red Dot Design Award-winning table base built…

By Cooper Fleishman
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