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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway

It ain't just for bachelor parties. Music City has an elevated side with championship-caliber golf, luxury hotels, and more.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta
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Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

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Bellroy Pencil Case

From travel wallets to key covers Bellroy has created quite a few essential pieces of travel gear over the years. The new Bellroy Pencil Case will absolutely find a place on your list of essential gear because of the way it's built. Unlike other pen or pencil cases on the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Travel
Accidental Wes Anderson Is a Subreddit for Places That Belong in a Wes Anderson Movie

There's a colorful sense of whimsy in every Wes Anderson movie that extends beyond the costumes and dialogue. It's something that can be seen in every building and locale present in any of the famous director's movies. Now it's given way to a subreddit where redditors share real-life locations that seem…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Starbucks Opened a New Location in an Old Japanese Townhouse

Determining whether a coffee shop is a Starbucks is rather easy. There's the green accent color, the long line, and the fact that, you know, it says "Starbucks" on the front of the building. Well that's not the case with the company's latest venture. Housed inside a 100-year-old townhouse that…

By Mike Newman
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Hodor Teams Up With KFC for a Clever Commercial

Hodor's death was easily one of the most emotional moments in the entire Game of Thrones cannon. Now KFC wants you to relive that horror over a bucket of chicken. To be fair, this commercial is pretty damn great. It features Kristian Nairn, the actor who played Hodor, working at a…

By Mike Newman
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Stay in Pablo Escobar’s Former Mansion

Situated in Tulum on the edge of the Yucatan Peninsula you'll find Casa Malca, a thirty-five room resort that locals swear was built by notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the '80s. As much as we'd enjoy a stay in Pablo Escobar's former mansion, that's not even the biggest selling…

By Cooper Fleishman
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