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A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital

A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital

From dilapidated hospitals to disapproving librarians in a bar, I took a haunted Eastern Washington road trip.

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The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door

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Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
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Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
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The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door
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Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival

Bourbon has never been bigger. And somehow, it still has secrets.

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The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide

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My Blind Date With Victoria at the Presidents Cup
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My Blind Date With Victoria at the Presidents Cup

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This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
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This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000

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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide

Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
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Paintings by Dane Lovett

Dane Lovett's still-life's are unlike any we've come across before. They're executed in a way that makes them remarkably realistic, and they all incorporate a musical motif. Whether it's a vase of a plant sitting on an old New Order CD or an intriguing stack of old VHS tapes, you'll…

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Concrete Wall Wallpaper

Unfinished concrete walls, for some reason, have a pleasing aesthetic. We're not sure why: industrial simplicity? Rugged beauty? Did we really just write "rugged beauty"? Truth remains that it's attractive. And the truth also remains that it doesn't exactly occur frequently in most residential construction. So unless you're living in…

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Dickies Hats

Regardless of where you work now, you probably had to pay your dues at some point in time. Which probably meant wearing some sort of uniform in the appropriate colors and maybe even operating dangerously close to the fried perfection machine. Started in 1922, Dickies probably manufactured that uniform you…

By Cooper Fleishman
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BeltBuckle.com

This just in: Cool Material has a new sponsor and it's (drum roll please) BeltBuckle.com. Why you ask? Because no man can ever have enough belt buckles. Don't believe us? Ask your grandfather how many he owns and then get back to us. These buckles definitely aren't the same Texas,…

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To A Tee: Maiden Voyage Clothing

A design that holds a little bit of mystery is refreshing in a world filled with t-shirts that are either telling you something or selling you something. Maiden Voyage Clothing is inspired by stories of expeditions at sea, that were retold in countless, often over-embellished tales. Their super-soft tees have…

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