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The Best Tank Watches For Men Are Wearable History for Your Wrist

The retro style and its “hip to be square” ethos add distinguished flair to your timepiece rotation.

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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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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

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

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The 10 Most Beautiful Gas Stations in the World

Whether you're taking a cross-country road trip or just filling up on a trek home, gas stations are all but essential for reasons other than great beef jerky and fuel. The folks at DesignCurial took the process of the fill up to the next level by ranking the 10 most beautiful…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The 8 Best Travel Backpacks for Summer Adventure

What separates a standard backpack from a travel backpack? That depends on who you ask. For our purposes, we want a few things out of a travel backpack. It has to open more like a piece of carry-on luggage than a top-loading backpack. It has to have a little squishiness…

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BIKI Underwater Fish Drone

We love a great drone as much as the next guy, but there's always been a gap in an area we want to explore—underwater. The BIKI Wireless Underwater Fish Drone will make exploring a portion of the 71 percent of the Earth that's covered in water easier than ever. The…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Day Drinking: 50 Cocktails for a Mellow Buzz

Growing up with European parents, Kat Odell was exposed to alcohol at an age without the traditionally American gateway of the 21st birthday. Odell pulls from that same upbringing and an extensive list of alcohols to create a book that is appropriately titled Day Drinking: 50 Cocktails for a Mellow Buzz.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Jim Beam Whiskey Coffee

With the current options available for booze and whiskey combinations it's almost surprising Jim Beam Whiskey Coffee took this long to come into being. Whiskey barrel coffee is a thing. Jim Beam Pancake Syrup is a thing. Jack Daniel's Coffee is a thing. Jim Beam even makes a Chicago Cubs Whiskey. Why did…

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