83 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Brazil - Atlas Obscura

Unusual
Attractions
in Brazil

The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading

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.

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Largo do Boticário

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

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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.

-21.1448, -56.5913

Inside the tree

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.

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A river runs through it.

Manacapuru, Brazil

Ariau Towers

An Amazonian hotel is the ultimate treehouse and provides stilt based accommodation.

-3.0930, -60.4415

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Termite mound at night

Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil

Glowing Termite Mounds of Emas National Park

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

-14.0057, -47.6846

Added by Jeff Wagg

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Parque Lage

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

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Water tower and other building in Fordlandia, Brazil.

Fordlândia

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

-3.6667, -55.5000

Added by AllisonEng

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Unique
Food & Drink
in Brazil

Ice Cream Bean

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Ingredients & Condiments

Ice Cream Bean

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

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Rollinia

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Fruits & Vegetables

Rollinia

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

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Ayahuasca

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Ritual & Medicinal

Ayahuasca

One vine unlocks the powers of a psychedelic shrub.

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Cupuaçu

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Fruits & Vegetables

Cupuaçu

This Brazilian fruit is cacao's lesser-known, tangy cousin.

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Stories
About Brazil

Jorge José Emiliano dos Santos, photographed in 1992.

How One of Brazil's First Openly Gay Soccer Referees Changed the Game

The man known as Margarida refused to let prejudice affect his flashy officiating style.

by Christina Ayele Djossa

Watch a Trail Guide Take an Eerie Walk Through a Flooded Nature Preserve

When the clear waters of a Brazilian river overflowed earlier this month, it made for movie magic.

February 22, 2018

The golden-crowned manakin is the only known hybrid species in the Amazon.

Found: The First Known Hybrid Bird Species in the Amazon Rain Forest

Resistance to crossing rivers gave it the space to evolve into something new.

by Vittoria Traverso

January 09, 2018

Watch 245 People Rope-Swing Off a Bridge in Tandem

Wheeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

November 10, 2017

The rain forest in Brazil.

There Are Definitely at Least 14,003 Plant Species in the Amazon Rain Forest

Including 6,727 different kinds of tree.

by Sarah Laskow

September 18, 2017

The Palácio da Alvorada, designed by famed architect Oscar Niemayer.

The (Possible) Ghosts Haunting Brazil's Presidential Residence

The head of state said he isn't comfortable there.

by Erik Shilling

The Can Opener takes another victim.

5 Spectacular Transportation Failures

Infrastructure, you had one job...

February 20, 2017

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