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The 21 Greatest Buildings of the 21st Century
We’re only 14 years into the 21st century, and only time will tell if the impact of these buildings will endure.
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Archive30 Minutes With: Michael Wardian
It’s hard to imagine a more accomplished and well-rounded distance runner than Michael Wardian. In 1996 he ran the Marine Corps Marathon, his first, in a swift 3:08.
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ArchiveThe 50 Best Comedies
Throughout the selection process to find the funniest comedies, we kept echoing the same mantra: “Is this movie really that good?” The answer was consistent: shouts of “it’s hilarious!” were parried just as assuredly by “it sucks!” Comedy, we quickly discovered, is just as diverse and polarizing as drama. Really the two aren’t so different.
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ArchiveStay: The Wickaninnish Inn
Canada is widely known for its maple syrup, hockey, Mike Meyers and Canadian bacon — all perfectly excellent things. But beyond the typical clichés, our northern neighbor’s rugged landscape is full of intrigue and adventure.
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ArchiveOn The Paper Trail
Remember buying loose-leaf paper for school? When was the last time you splurged on a 200-sheet pack of triple hole punched, horizontal line covered paper?
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ArchivePhoto Essay: Vermont 50 Ultramarathon
It was around around mile 23 of the Vermont 50 that I thought about the duck. I’d read in On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee that the common green-headed mallard stores as much as a third of its carcass weight in fat for fuel and insulation so it can fly continuously for hundreds of miles.
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ArchivePetrol Pages: 10 Essential Automotive Books
Every man’s library should consist of great books. Of course, regardless of how many classics you’ve read, if you’re a devotee of automobilia, your shelves should also house some truly great car books.
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Archive30 Minutes With: Chris Diminno
Growing up in the suburbs of New York City in a large Italian family, Chris Diminno learned the importance of food pretty quickly. After honing his resume and skills at several fine establishments, Diminno moved to Portland — where ever since he’s been a lead chef at the extremely popular Euro-style gastropub Clyde Common.
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ArchiveStay: Scarp Ridge Lodge
Luxury adventure company Eleven takes its name from the ‘80s “rockumentary” This is Spinal Tap. In the movie, band member Nigel tells new guy Marty that while other bands’ amps go up to ten, theirs go to eleven: one louder than ten.
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ArchiveOpinion: Is Luxury Killing the Sports Sedan?
Though the newer cars might be faster, safer and better appointed, they certainly don’t feel more agile or connected to the driver. In the name of technology, most sports sedans have lost a purity that once existed across the segment.
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ArchiveStay: Rosewood Mayakoba
When vacationing south of the border, choosing where to stay among endless resorts, hotels and inns can be somewhat overwhelming. But for a truly singular experience — one laid seamlessly among placid lagoons, thick mangrove forests and pristine white Caribbean sand — allow your wearied eyes to rest upon Rosewood Mayakoba.
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ArchiveBeing Seen: Visible Cycling
Hey there. Yeah, you, riding along in your cool color-coordinated cycling team kit, all matchy-matchy.
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Archive30 Minutes With: Frank Muytjens
Sometimes an outsider’s perspective is just what’s needed to achieve unique excellence. Frank Muytjens is the Holland-born head of men’s design at J.Crew, a proudly American company.
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ArchiveRewind: Swimming
Our roundup of the hardest open water swims mentioned that the 100-mile plus swim between Cuba and Florida is nearly impossible, the only successful attempt having been made by a swimmer inside a shark cage. About that.
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ArchiveOpinion: Off-Roading at the Mall
We Americans. We’re proud, we’re tough, and we’re just not all that purposeful sometimes, are we?
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ArchiveOpinion: The Cigar, Simply
Bismark calmed an angry crowd in Paris by producing a cigar and asking a Frenchman for a light. Mark Twain enjoyed smoking the most noxious cigars he could find out on his front porch.
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ArchiveSpirits of Ásgarðr
Pictures and film — as much as we love them — can sometimes have a hard time expressing things: the vastness of the Grand Canyon, the height of Dikembe Mutombo and the misery of climbing mountains. Look at any picture of Sir Edmund Hillary on Everest and you’ll probably think “boy, that looks like a good time”.
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Archive30 Awe-Inspiring Photography Books
This list of our favorite photography books represents an attempt, however incomplete, to reseat the photo book in its rightful place alongside the Scarface posters Warhols lining your walls.
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Archive30 Minutes With: Irv Gordon
Irv Gordon looks young for his age. If you were to divide the almost three million miles he’s driven in his 1966 Volvo P1800 by the national average of miles driven per year, he would be 220 years old.