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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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Lifestyle
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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Travel
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 Best Affordable Watches You Can Buy Right Now

When it comes to men’s jewelry, there isn’t much that jives with a work environment. But where metal bracelets and diamond studs fail, watches succeed. Slapping a fresh timepiece on your wrist for the office is functional, stylish, and professional. We’ll skip the watches that cost more than your car…

By Mike Newman
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COFFEEBOXX Is the World’s Toughest Coffee Maker

There are coffee makers, and then there's the world's toughest coffee maker. Oxx's COFFEEBOXX is built "Beyond Rugged" to be the perfect coffee maker for the job site, the RV, the campsite or even the apocalypse. It's waterproof, dustproof and spillproof. It has rust resistant hardware and an impact resistant…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Zoo Portraits

Born in 2013 based on a creative project developed by Spanish designer and photographer Yago Partal, Zoo Portraits dress animals like people. The combination of photography, design and fashion transforms sheep into chefs, red river hogs in professors, ocelots into fashion models, domestic pigeons into black tie attendees, and that's…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Best Office Furniture and Decor You Can Buy Right Now

It might be a bit obvious when we say it out loud, but, in a room, furniture is both form and function. Most function is pretty straightforward. You sit in chairs. You write on desks. You look at clocks. There aren’t many curveballs coming from those. Form is where things…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Working LEGO Roller Coaster Kit

If you love roller coasters and LEGO as much as we do, pay attention because The Cyclone lets you build a roller coaster with LEGO bricks. Designed and engineered by the team at CoasterDynamix, The Cyclone is a block based roller coaster construction set that comes with everything you need…

By Cooper Fleishman
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