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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story
By Lanny Fuller
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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

By Cool Material
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How This Cryptic Vinegar Estate in Germany Sparked My Cocktail Shrub Era

A candlelit vinegar cellar in rural Germany, a bizarre tasting tour, and the unexpected trip that turned me into a homemade cocktail shrub evangelist.

By Brandon Withrow
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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

This coastal Jalisco town has long attracted artists, celebrities, and discerning travelers. Here's how to do it right.

By Cool Material
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Stay in a Zero Footprint Cabin in Finland

Neste, the world's largest producer of renewable diesel, is taking their "Journey to Zero" commitment one step further with Nolla, an almost zero emissions cabin designed to prove that it's possible to live a low-impact daily life. The A Frame style cabin is the size of a small bedroom with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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72 Hours in Nashville

Nashville is a heck of a town, and if we’re traveling domestically, it's one of the places we love to visit. Known for its incredible food scene, whiskey, and music history, Nashville, affectionately known as “Music City,”offers a little bit of everything for everyone—from family vacationers, to rowdy college kids,…

By Maxwell Barna
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Moon Express Commercial Moon Missions

Moon Express was founded in 2010 by a group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs with the goal of winning the Google Lunar X prize. Ultimately, that would mean commercial missions to the Moon to turn it into the 8th continent ripe for mining of natural resources to make everyone involved rich,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Retreat Hotel Blue Lagoon Suite

Thanks to relatively cheap flights from many major airports in the U.S., Iceland has become quite the tourist destination as of late. If you're looking to go and are digging around for recommendations on things to do, no name will pop up as often as the Blue Lagoon. The problem…

By Mike Newman
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The Best Airbnbs for a Surfing Vacation

As wise man Jeff Spicoli once said, “All [we] need are some tasty waves and a cool buzz, and [we’re] fine.” Unfortunately, we don’t exactly live in the surf capital of the world, so we spend a lot of our time—far more than we’d like to admit—staring out the window…

By Maxwell Barna
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