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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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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 Bags for Your Weekend at the Beach

Between your overnight bags, ditty bags and gym bags, do you really need a bag dedicated for trips to the beach? Yes. Absolutely. You need a bag to help you get your towels, snacks, beverages, sunscreen, reading material and speaker from the car to the water without having to worry…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Dubai’s Robot Cop

Despite every bit of pop culture telling us that robots are going to kill all of us in horrifically violent ways (the most popular way being waging an extremely one-sided thermonuclear war), Dubai went ahead and built itself a robot cop. Supposedly the 5' 5" 222 lb robot will use…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Secret Bar in the Grand Central Terminal has Reopened

For years, the Campbell Apartment served great, old-fashioned cocktails in a setting to match without most commuters ever getting wise to its existence. Now, new owners have decided to bring the bar out of hiding, hoping to share the cocktail bar with the public in a way it hasn't been…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Wikkelhouse Cardboard Prefab

Designed and developed by the Amsterdam-based collective of creatives known as Fiction Factory, the Wikkelhouse prefab is made with cardboard and other eco-friendly materials. The gorgeous and simple structure is built in modular sections made out of dozens of layers of cardboard covered with wood paneling inside and out that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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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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