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Unusual
Attractions
in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Largo do Boticário

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil

Vale da Lua

After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.

Parnamirim, Brazil

World's Largest Cashew Tree

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

Gruta Do Lago Azul: The Blue Lake Grotto

Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Parque Lage

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

Vila de São Jorge, Brazil

Glowing Termite Mounds of Emas National Park

Impressive by day, dazzling by night... these termites have a well-decorated (and deadly) abode.

Viaduct Petrobras

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

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Unique
Food & Drink
in Brazil

Ice Cream Bean

The South American bean that looks like cotton candy and tastes like ice cream.

Szechuan Button

This herb gives cocktails another kind of buzz.

Rollinia

Brazil's spiky yellow fruit has lemon meringue–flavored insides.

Amarula Brigadeiro

Pair a Brazilian confection with a sweet South African liqueur, and a unique treat is born.

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Fires are tearing through the Brazilian Amazon, including Altamira, pictured here on August 27, 2019.

Scientists of the Future Will Unearth Traces of the Scorched Amazon Rainforest

Long after the forest stops burning, the effects of this year's fires will linger in the soil and water.

by Jessica Leigh Hester

August 28, 2019

A black-fronted tamarin.

Two Tiny Monkeys Are Critical to Restoring the Amazon, With Their Poop

These tamarins have an affinity for disturbed rain forest.

by Isaac Schultz

<em>Bulbostylis paradoxa</em>'s flowers, in bloom just days after being burnt.

This Brazilian Plant Regenerates Just a Day After Being Scorched by Wildfire

And its flowers bloom only a week later.

by Evan Nicole Brown

Pantaneiros are rounded up to be returned to the farm for milking and health checks in Aquidauana, Brazil.

The Endangered Cow Being Saved by Cheese

Bovine researchers believe the world needs the only cow adapted to the largest tropical wetlands.

What is this, coffee for ants?

The Secret to This Brazilian Coffee? Ants Harvest the Beans

The insects' trash is one farmer's treasure.

by Rafael Tonon

The <em>Capela Nossa Senhora das Neves</em> is notably built out of wine.

Inside a Brazilian Chapel Made Out of Wine

During a drought, church-builders mixed their mortar with the local vintage.

by Danielle Bauter

January 22, 2019

At Shin Suzuran, Takano handles nettle leaves.

How Japanese Immigrants in the Amazon Created a New Cuisine

Native fish sashimi and green papaya pickles provided a taste of home.

by Rafael Tonon

December 28, 2018

The mounds were once hidden by the forest.

Northeast Brazil Is Dotted With Millions of Enormous Termite Mounds

The soaring cones cover a landscape nearly the size of Great Britain.

by Jessica Leigh Hester

November 19, 2018