46 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Argentina - Atlas Obscura

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El Ateneo Grand Splendid.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

El Ateneo Grand Splendid

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

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Perito Moreno Glacier

Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

Perito Moreno Glacier

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

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Iguazu Falls

Foz do Iguaçu, Argentina

Iguazu Falls

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

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"Vuel Villa" by Xul Solar

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Xul Solar Museum

Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.

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There are hundreds of stenciled handprints in the caves.

La Cueva de las Manos (Cave of Hands)

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

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Central Rotunda

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Palacio Barolo

A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.

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Villa Epecuen

Carhué, Argentina

Villa Epecuen

Once swallowed by flood waters, this village has emerged as an eerie shadow of its former self.

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

Recoleta Cemetery

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

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Unique
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Jagua

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Fruits & Vegetables

Jagua

This fruit makes tattoos, antibiotics, and dessert.

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T’anta Wawa

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Ritual & Medicinal

T’anta Wawa

On All Souls' Day, South Americans celebrate life and death with "baby bread."

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The mask.

Found: The Oldest Human-Made Metal Object Ever Discovered in South America

The mask appeared after a heavy rainstorm in the Andes.

by Sarah Laskow

From left, Dr. Hans Blix, Dr. Fernando Collor de Mello, President of Brazil and Dr. Carlos Menem, President of Argentina, signing an agreement in December 1991.

Argentina's Ex-President Appears to Be Cursed

By his own acknowledgment, Carlos Menem brings bad luck.

by Natalie Zarrelli

Politics and pastry have a long history in Argentina. Here current President (and former Buenos Aires Mayor) Mauricio Macri makes an offering to the press

How Argentina's Baked Goods Reveal Its Political Past

From "monk's balls" to "cannons," these pastries get subversive.

by Elizabeth King

A fossil groundcherry, Physalis infinemundi.

Found: An Ancient Groundcherry That Proves Nightshades Are Older Than We Think

The family of tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers could be millions of years older than anyone realized.

by Sarah Laskow

January 05, 2017

Working-class men dancing tango in Rio de la Plata in 1904.

Rock 'n' Roll and Military Dictatorships Almost Destroyed Argentine Tango

As rock music and military regimes began to rise, tango began to fall—was it all just a coincidence?

by Mariana Zapata

December 07, 2016

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