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

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

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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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This Opinel and L.L.Bean Knife Is Made from Wood Found at the Bottom of a Lake

The Opinel No.8 knife is one of the most iconic knives ever created, so it should come as no surprise that their collaboration with L.L.Bean is equally iconic. The Opinel No.8 L.L.Bean Moosehead Knife takes the popular size, shape, functionality and heritage of the classic and combines it with a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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MOAR Folding E-Bike

Tired of choosing between power and portability when it comes to your e-bike options? Check out the MOAR Folding E-Bike. The aircraft grade aluminum frame, fat tire e-bike from MOAR is the perfect middle ground for those of you unwilling to compromise when it comes to an e-bike perfect for…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Hoversurf Hoverbike

Hold on to your hats, people, because a Russian startup just built a hoverbike. Well, kind of. The Scorpion-3 (S-3) platform is a "single-seat aircraft that rediscovers the art of flying and hovering, enabling a hi-tech quadcopter-based solution." Is it a hoverbike? Is it a drone car? Is it a drone taxi?…

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‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ Official Trailer

We've been pumped for this movie since last year's Comic Con trailer, with its smash cuts, snappy dialogue, and intense, weird motion tracking special effects. We've probably watched that first trailer six times a day for six months straight. Now we finally got a second one. Any worries we had…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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A Show About the Life of Jack Daniel Is Coming to TV

As you'd expect from a man whose career began just before the Civil War, Jack Daniel's early life has all the makings of a great story. That's why we're surprised it took nearly 150 years for someone to write a biography about the guy, then another decade and change for television to…

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