Travel
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Food & DrinkThe Hunter-Gatherer Chef of the Scottish Highlands
Foraging, butchering, and cooking a meal with chef Tom Lewis of Monachyle Mhor in the Scottish Highlands.
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OutdoorsThe Right to Roam
Welcome to our sprawling travel journal of Scotland’s environmental, cultural and culinary riches. Over the next two weeks we’ll be sharing our collection of 50 essays, videos, anecdotes, photo essays, travel guides, recipes, poetry and tall tales gathered during one hell of a trip.
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Archive72 Hours in Glasgow
Glasgow: where you can visit a 600-year-old university one moment and pound lagers at a blues bar the next.
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ArchiveSeeking the Right To Roam
The Freedom to Roam, unburdened of fences and posted signs, angry landowners and angrier guard dogs, is a shared dream among adventurers. Scotland codified it in 2003.
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ArchiveStay: Hotel Hugo SoHo
Peering over the Hudson River from between two iconically New York red brick buildings, the brand new Hotel Hugo SoHo features a mix of modern urban escape and industrial warmth.
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DrinksHow Bourbon Is Made
We toured 12 distilleries in a five-day blitz, asking everyone we met to walk us through the bourbon-making process. Here, you’ll find all of the steps that go into making America’s unique take on whiskey.
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DrinksWillett’s Long Path Back to Bourbon
Willett Master Distiller Drew Kulsveen doesn’t have time for bullshit. It’s not something he has to tell anyone.
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ArchiveLate Night in Louisville
An aimless night in Louisville turns into a booze-fueled expedition, filled with new friends, a bar with 1,600 beers, and a cat that’s not to be fucked with.
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Drinks5 Days on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail
Bourbon is booming, but only decades ago, it was on a path toward failure. This was most evident in the 1980s, at the height of vodka and big hair, when distilleries in the Bluegrass State were shuttering their doors.
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OutdoorsFreddie Wilkinson’s Best Climbs of the East
Freddie Wilkinson makes his home in the White Mountains, where he climbs and guides most of the year between putting up alpine first ascents on expeditions to Alaska, Nepal, Patagonia, India and Antarctica.
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OutdoorsPhoto Essay: Classic Bikes and Tuscan Vistas at L’Eroica
The scenery is just one of the things that’s made L’Eroica one of the greatest organized rides in the world since Giancarlo Brocci founded it 30 years ago to help preserve the strada bianche, or white sand and gravel roads of Tuscany.
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OutdoorsThe Handsome, Throwback Magic of Italy’s L’Eroica Bike Race
In 2014 bike parlance, L’Eroica is the ultimate gravel grinder, a 38-204 kilometer ride along the strade bianche (“white roads”) of Tuscany, Italy, with ascents steep as 23 percent grade and sketchy, sandy downhills as a reward for the hard work. Unlike the Dirty Kanza, though, you won’t find riders toeing the line in Gaiole in Chianti with carbon bikes, electronic shifting and hydraulic disc brakes.
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Food & DrinkAt Webers Burgers, It’s Not Just About the Burgers
Mike McParland, now 67, has been working at Webers Burgers since he was 16.
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WatchesGlaciers, Volcanos and Wind in Iceland
Iceland is perhaps the most exotic place on Earth. And it’s only a five-hour flight from Manhattan.
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MotoringThe Boats, Crew and Route of the Around-the-World Volvo Ocean Race
In the past decade, the Volvo Ocean Race has seen boats dismasted and sunk, sailors break bones and lose teeth — and in one tragedy, a Dutch crew member washed overboard and was killed. It’s no wonder the race is called the “Everest of sailing”.
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OutdoorsExploring the Harsh Beauty of the Cascades
The North Cascades aren’t exactly user friendly. There are no drive-up views for the minivan crowd.
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Archive72 Hours in Denver
Denver isn’t just good breakfast and a gateway to good pow — or America’s favorite city with legalized marijuana. It’s also a hotbed of killer dining, host to a booming culture scene, and a new destination for startups and venture capital.