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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta
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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

The swim shorts, half-zip, and retro runners that became the 20% of my summer wardrobe doing 80% of the work.

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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This Off-the-Grid Cabin Is Made from Salvaged Iron

You won't find Bloomin' Onions and Aussie-Tizers in the real Outback; you'll find a whole lot of nothing. The real Outback is vast and vacant. In other words, it's ideal for an off-the-grid retreat, which is why a client of Modscape, a design firm, had this cabin built. Crafted from…

By Mike Newman
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The Best Earplugs to Actually Get Some Shut-Eye

Flying can be a real drag. It’s uncomfortable, there’s always a baby crying somewhere, and the food is almost never good. We’re always on the hunt for ways to make flying a less traumatic experience, and this week, we’re coming back with something so obvious and basic that we can’t…

By Maxwell Barna
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Skýli Is an Extreme Mountain Hideaway

Designed by Utopia Arkitekter AB out of Stockholm for a design competition focused on Icelandic backpackers and nomads, Skýli (Icelandic for "shelter") is an extreme mountain hideaway built for the most brutal conditions. Between its interesting triangular shape and huge windows, the cabin rises abruptly from the landscape while still not…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Four Days, Two Wheels, and 3,500 Miles: Our Motorcycle Trip Across America

A little while back, I embarked on the kind of trip every motorcycle rider dreams of. The team from EagleRider flew me out to Portland and hooked me up with a motorcycle, after which I screamed across the country on two wheels. All told, I was in six different cities,…

By Maxwell Barna
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A Group of Kids Built This Salvage Station in the Woods of New Hampshire

The coolest thing we ever built on a camping trip was a sick-ass gimp lanyard. Maybe we grew up too early or just went to the wrong camp, because 90 campers in New Hampshire just built this incredible structure in the middle of the woods. Dubbed Salvage Station No. 8,…

By Mike Newman
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