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The Corkscrew - Its unique shape has made it a natural inspiration for artists, symbolizing creativity and the unpredictable twists of life. In folklore, its spirals are thought to represent the intricate paths of life or serve as a botanical reflection of life's complexities.
The Kohler Bathroom
In 1873, John Michael Kohler lifted a cast-iron horse trough, coated it in enamel, and presented it as a bathtub.
The Viking Kitchen
In the early 1980s, down in the quiet Delta town of Greenwood, Mississippi, a homebuilder named Fred Carl, Jr. began dreaming of a kitchen unlike any other.
The Kitchen | Fisher & Paykel
The brand’s mantra—“Designed to be Beautiful to Use”—captures this ethos: appliances that are quietly powerful, tactile to the touch, elegant to the eye.
Twin Eagle Outdoor Grills
The name he chose carried two meanings—Twin for the newborn children who had just joined his family, and Eagle for the bird that symbolized his Filipino heritage.
Buck Mason
The name Buck Mason itself feels carved out of wood and stone—part frontier grit, part craftsman’s touch. It’s a nod to heritage, but with an eye on design that feels refreshingly uncluttered.
Catskill Mountain Railroad | Kingston, NY
The story begins in the 1860s, when the Ulster & Delaware Railroad stitched together Kingston’s Hudson River port with the forested heart of the Catskills.
The Bikini
Paris, summer 1946. Louis Réard unveiled a two-piece so tiny it could fit into a matchbox. He called it the bikini, after Bikini Atoll, where atomic tests had just shaken the world.
Eres Swimwear | The Art of the Body
Seen through a Coast & Cottage lens, Eres feels as timeless as driftwood and as polished as a sunlit cocktail hour.
The Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin
He was its printer, its philosopher, and its friendly penman, leaving behind words that still fit neatly into the pockets of everyday life.
SURF | The North Shore of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi
Known as the beating heart of surfing culture, it is both legendary and lived-in: a place where giant waves thunder offshore while children run barefoot through roadside fruit stands.
The Drake Hotel | Chicago’s Elegant & Haunted Legacy
The Drake’s guestbook reads like a roll call of 20th-century influence. Winston Churchill, Walt Disney, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Princess Diana—all found refuge in its suites.
Prairie Boutique Escapes
Weekends on the prairie have a rhythm all their own, slow and unhurried, measured not in appointments but in sunlight and wind. Rising with the horizon, mornings begin with soft gold spilling across tall grasses, a cup of coffee in hand, and the quiet hum of the land stretching awake.
Five Boutique Havens Along the Oregon Coast
Stay in any of them, and you’ll carry the coast with you long after the tide has turned: the scent of cedar smoke, the hush of rain, the sound of surf that never really leaves your ear.
Egg Harbor | Wisconsin
Egg Harbor rests on a bluff above Green Bay, a postcard-worthy harbor town with a relaxed rhythm. Shops spill out onto Main Street, live music drifts from patios in summer, and sailboats tilt gently in the marina.
Rolls-Royce and the Spirit of Ecstacy
Eleanor was Montagu’s secretary, though her role in his life ran much deeper. Their bond, hidden from polite society, found quiet expression in Sykes’s first sculpture of her, a small statuette called The Whisper.
The Art of Glass Blowing
Glass itself is ancient, first coaxed from volcanic sands more than 4,000 years ago. But the art of glass blowing—the act of inflating molten glass with human breath—was born in Syria around the 1st century BCE.
Hinckley Yachts | Since 1928
Since 1928, the yard in Southwest Harbor, Maine has been shaping more than boats. It has been shaping a way of being on the water—calm, confident, and quietly proud.
The Kimpton Mas Olas Resort & Spa in Todos Santos
Once a poblano chile farm in the 1930s and later a surfer’s hidden retreat, this 30-acre property has been reborn as an adults-only sanctuary where every moment feels tuned to the ocean’s pulse.
Ansel Adams Photography
Ansel Adams remains one of the most celebrated photographers in history, his name inseparably linked with the vast wilderness of the American West.