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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta
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From Medieval Streets to Whisky Islands: The Ultimate Scotland Road Trip From Medieval Streets to Whisky Islands: The Ultimate Scotland Road Trip
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From Medieval Streets to Whisky Islands: The Ultimate Scotland Road Trip

After traveling across the country to coastal villages and buzzing cities, here’s my 6-day Scotland guide for every type of traveler.

By Hayley Domin
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

By Cool Material
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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway

It ain't just for bachelor parties. Music City has an elevated side with championship-caliber golf, luxury hotels, and more.

By Cool Material
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Polydrop Trailer

Don’t call the Polydrop Trailer a camping trailer. It was never designed to be pigeonholed into that category. Instead, it’s a personal living space that’s meant to go with you and act as a place to get away, rest, think, and create. The mostly hand built polygon-teardrop shaped trailer uses…

By Amos Kwon
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MIT and NASA Create a New Kind of Airplane Wing

Think of how a conventional airplane is shaped and how it flies, then throw all that out the aircraft canopy. A team of engineers from MIT and NASA have just created (and tested) a new type of wing that's anything but conventional since it uses hundreds of tiny pieces that…

By Amos Kwon
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Sculptor’s Unzipped Milan Building Facade

Painting an illusion is one thing, "peeling off" a building's facade as an art installation takes a bit more, shall we say, commitment. British sculptor Alex Chinneck, who specializes in illusory sculptural and architectural displays has created a building unzipped, in what amounts to an edificial striptease. Created for Milan…

By Amos Kwon
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Spend a Night in the Louvre with This Airbnb Contest

At this point, everyone knows you can stay in some pretty sweet Airbnb rentals when you're traveling. Treehouses. Game of Thrones locations. Castles. They also cornered the market on some incredible, once-in-a-lifetime stays through contests. Joining the likes of the Great Wall, LEGO House, Van Gogh's Bedroom and Dracula's Castle…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Lime Out Is a Floating Taco and Cocktail Bar in the Virgin Islands

There's almost nothing better than enjoying an alcoholic beverage on the open water wearing nothing but a pair of swim trunks. Except, maybe, a floating bar that serves cervezas, cocktails and even tacos off the coast of Saint John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and that's exactly what Lime Out…

By Cooper Fleishman
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