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The Journey Collection Makes a Strong Case for Packing Less
By Cool Material
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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.

By Beau Hayhoe
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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.

By Beau Hayhoe
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An Arizona Golf Trip Even Non-golfers Will Enjoy

Arizona might be the rare golf destination where everyone in the group wins. Even the guy who has never swung a club.

By Cool Material
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Flying-V Airliner Concept

We lesser beings would be happy with an inch more legroom in airline coach sections, Delft University of Technology (Berlin) student Justus Benad dreamt bigger. Way bigger. He conjured up the Flying-V airliner as a future airplane that would cut down on CO2 emissions by up to 20% thanks to…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
Giant 1885 Circus Poster Discovered Behind a Wisconsin Bar Wall

If you happen to swing by the small town of Durand, Wisconsin, pay a visit to Corral Bar & Riverside Grill along the Chippewa River because inside it lives a 134-year old hand-printed circus poster that’s 9 feet high and 55 feet long, unearthed by the owner, Ron Berger while…

By Amos Kwon
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It Took Almost Four Decades to Make This Scale Model of Ancient Rome

For most of us, time travel is limited to works of fiction and the Wayback Machine. Italian architect Italo Gismondi is making it more of a reality with what we presume to be his life's work, Plastico di Roma Imperiale. Plastico di Roma Imperiale--aka Model of Imperial Rome--is a 1:250…

By Cooper Fleishman
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C-Space Mars Base 1 in the Gobi Desert

Echelons better than lead-filled kids’ toys and knockoff Land Rovers (Land Wind??), this Chinese-built Martian base in the Gobi Desert is something to behold. Created to simulate a base station on the planet Mars, Chinese company C-Space’s Mars Base 1 will eventually open up to the public. The idea behind…

By Amos Kwon
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This Korean Cafe Is Decked out like It’s 2D

We've seen quite a few interesting and far out interiors over the years, but nothing like what you'll find at Cafe 연남동223-14 그림2D in Seoul, Korea. The interior of the appropriately named 2D Cafe is decked out in monochrome line art that makes it feel as if you're a three-dimensional character…

By Cooper Fleishman
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