17 Miles in Charleston

We're proud to debut 17 Miles, a new travel series built on one core belief: the best way to know a place is to run through it. Each guide will cover three essential runs over three days — with GoPro footage, field notes and Strava logs to match. First up? Charleston. I hit the Holy City this spring, chasing bridge views, salted-lime lagers and lowcountry calm. —Tanner Garrity, Wellness Editor

Mid-Week Catch-Up

• Porto is putting limitations on alcohol sales — specifically in the areas where most tourists congregate.
• Is there a reason to feel more excited about Waymo’s self-driving software than Tesla's? Ford CEO Jim Farley seems to think so.
• We're one step closer to producing water out of thin air. Literally.
• This U.K. university has an increasingly high percentage of U.S. students.

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11 of the Best Skin Diver Watches on the Market Today

Ever heard of a “skin diver” watch? It’s okay if you haven’t. I myself was unfamiliar with the category of dive watch until I read contributor Oren Hartov’s detailed coverage. Historically, it’s a watch that utilizes a particular type of case — compact, made of brushed steel, featuring semi-integrated lugs and offering 100-200m of water resistance — that differed from highly technical and often expensive luxury diver models of the time, conceived for free diving (also known as skin diving, hence the name) and other aquatics that didn’t demand the same extreme specs.

Since their inception in the mid-20th century, the skin diver market has evolved into a space for affordable, mechanically sound compact waterproof watches from microbrands and medium-sized watch companies alike that, according to Oren, “provide a neat alternative to the Submariner, Seamaster, or Fifty Fathoms.” Find out more about the skin diver watches — including the models worth getting your hands on — at the button below. —Paolo Sandoval, Style Editor

How to Take the Perfect Champagne Getaway

For travel writer Jake Emen, a standout tasting at Billecart-Salmon — one of Champagne’s coolest family-run houses — kicked off a dream trip through the region, anchored by the 2007 Cuvée Nicolas François and rounded out by a range of elegant pours. From luxe digs to vineyard views and Michelin-star meals, he makes a strong case for stretching your weekend into a full-blown celebration in the famed region. Here's how. —Lindsay Rogers, Travel Editor

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Pair Putters With Potables at America’s Best Mini Golf Bars

I love a good game of mini golf — the ridiculous hills, the big plastic dinosaurs, the little tunnels seemingly slapped together with leftovers from the hardware store. Really, there’s only one thing that could make this beloved pastime better, and that thing is an alcoholic beverage. That’s why I’m excited to share a piece that our correspondent Matt Kirouac wrote about the best mini golf bars across the country. Trying to knock your ball into giant beer pong cups with drinking a beer? Yes, please. —Amanda Gabriele, Senior Editor

Revisiting the Turmoil Behind a Classic Marvin Gaye Album

Marvin Gaye's What's Going On? is widely (and rightly) celebrated as one of the best albums of all time, but it also represents a pivotal moment in the singer's relationship with Motown Records and the shift in the label's sound that it inspired. We've got an exclusive excerpt from Ben Edmonds's book Marvin Gaye: What's Going On? and the Last Days of the Motown Sound, which delves into the impact of Gaye's growing tensions with Berry Gordy. —Bonnie Stiernberg, Managing Editor

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