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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
By Cool Material
The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico
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The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico

From jungle-lined fairways to greens hanging over the Sea of Cortez, consider this our fantasy nine-hole round through Mexico.

By Cool Material
The Luggage Combo for Trips That Mix Business With Leisure The Luggage Combo for Trips That Mix Business With Leisure
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The Luggage Combo for Trips That Mix Business With Leisure

ROAM’s Large Carry-On and Duffel handled a week of work, wine, race cars, and everything in between.

By Travis Haley
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
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Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta

Come for the mountains, ocean, and adventure. Stay for the martinis, massages, and freshly cleaned sunglasses.

By Lanny Fuller
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Pan Treetop Cabins

Most getaway cabins rest on the forest floor, allowing you to look out at a small wooded section of land. The Pan Treetop Cabins, however, give you an entirely different view. The two cabins are perched above the treeline, so you can gaze out at a majestic swath of Norwegian…

By Mike Newman
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This London Hotel Has a Whisky Vending Machine

Have a trip to London on the horizon? Cancel your hotel or Airbnb, because you're going to want to stay at the Napoleon. Why? Because there's a vending machine full of whisky, that's why. The Napoleon Hotel, situated on the border where the city meets Shoreditch, offers guests the ability…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
9 Real-World Locations You Can Explore in Video Games

Video games have always been a form of vicarious travel. Halo takes you to alien planets. Alan Wake shows off the Pacific Northwest’s capacity for ghost stories. Tomb Raider takes you across the modern world and into ancient ruins. Only thing? All those places are fictional. Some games do the exact opposite.…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Crowhill Cabin

Sure, Montreal-based architecture and design firm Naturehumaine designs and builds multi-unit residences, cabins, galleries, businesses and stores, but their approach makes the creations they're responsible for different than the other options you've seen before. Naturehumaine believes that, regardless of size or budget, every project has the unique potential to be…

By Cooper Fleishman
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72 Hours in Amsterdam: What to Do in the Capital of the Netherlands

Amsterdam, as you’ve probably heard, is easily one of the most beautiful, lively, and romantic cities in the world. It bridges the gap between Old World values and modern sensibilities, without trying to grasp for that “special magic” most people write about in regard to other cities—New York, Los Angeles,…

By Maxwell Barna
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