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A Pilgrimage to Italy’s Iconic Superbikes and Supercars in Emilia-Romagna

The museums, factory tours, racetracks, restaurants, and hotels that turn Emilia-Romagna into heaven for anyone who grew up obsessed with fast machines.

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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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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

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

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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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Pluspluu Log Houses

There are quite a few things that come from the Finns that we're in love with, but few compare to these Pluspluu Log Houses. Available in multiple different models with a number of unique log style construction methods, each one of the houses built by Ollikaisen Hirsirakenne Oy out of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Deus Ex Sea Sider Bike Holds Your Surfboard

If you're more interested in getting your gear to the beach than you are in a survival bike for the zombie apocalypse, Deus Ex Machina has you covered with the Sea Sider. Just rolled out on the showroom floor at their Temple of Enthusiasm in Canggu, Bali, Indonesia, the Deus…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The 10 Best New Things on Netflix This Month

By any measurable standard, June is going to be a hell of a solid month for Netflix subscribers. We’re getting a ton of new original content,  some superb classics like Full Metal Jacket and Young Frankenstein, and some ground-breaking documentary films you’ve probably never seen before. Lock in and buckle…

By Maxwell Barna
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The 8 Best Things Coming to Amazon Prime This Month

The Amazon Prime Video catalog is growing by the month, and not only because a ton of old movies are jumping into the public domain. They’re getting their hands on Oscar and Emmy winners, along with an ever increasing selection of original programming. If you don’t have Amazon, now may…

By Maxwell Barna
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Wear This: Summertime

Depending on where you live it might not absolutely be time to bust out the yearly classic "Summertime" by The Fresh Prince & DJ Jazzy Jeff, but that doesn't mean you can't start planning for it. When the sweltering heat does roll around—if it hasn't hit you already—you're going to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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