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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

These 5 lighters turn a disposable necessity into a piece of EDC you’ll actually want to carry.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

By Cool Material
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
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This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
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8 Camera Bags For Trips That Require More Than Your Phone

The bag is usually the least glamorous part of photography. We’ve seen so many cumbersome, bulky, inefficient designs we’d almost resigned ourselves to wrapping our gear in bubble wrap and sticking it in a duffel bag. That’s about when we started looking for better camera bags and, surprisingly, finding them.…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Best National Parks No One Talks About

When people think of the National Park Service, they think of Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and Yosemite. But there are 417 sites across the country overseen by the National Park Service, which means there are 414 that most people don’t think to visit. In a selfish way, we like that. It…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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10 Art and Print Shops Every Guy Should Know

You probably have at least one naked wall in your home or apartment. If you've been searching for the right thing to slap on it, skip the crowded IKEA aisles and big box store selection. The problem with the prints from those shops is they're on the walls of so…

By Mike Newman
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7 Toothbrushes Worthy of a Stylish Home

A man's home says a lot about him. It's often in the smallest details where the biggest impression is made. That's why we've always been proponents of attractive versions of even the most mundane objects. Like toothbrushes. Yup. Toothbrushes. If you're still relying on the freebie from the dentist, perhaps it's time for…

By Mike Newman
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The Surprising Reason You Should Listen to Video Game Soundtracks at Work

Despite being pretty decent fans of video games, we have to admit they’re not productive, at least in the traditional sense. Yes, they have the potential to tell great stories and to be cinematic, as we’ve covered before, but you’re not playing those types of games all the time. The…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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