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

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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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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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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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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.

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Manacapuru, Brazil

Ariau Towers

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

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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.

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Parque Lage

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

Fordlândia

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

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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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Tonka Beans

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Ingredients & Condiments

Tonka Beans

A legume so loved, it’s caused a “fever” in France and made Americans break laws.

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Stories
About Brazil

An agouti, perhaps trying to remember where it last placed its Brazil nuts.

Brazil Nuts Are Brought to You by Rodents

The snack wouldn’t exist without the help of one furry critter and its unusually sharp teeth.

by Abbey Perreault

September 14, 2018

A glimpse inside the burnt museum. The meteorite is one of the only objects to survive.

Students Are Collecting Photos to Remember Brazil’s Destroyed National Museum

After a fire tore through the institution, visitors' images have become an informal archive of its collections.

by Sarah Laskow

September 04, 2018

Brigadeiros are a mainstay in Brazil, especially at parties.

The Political Lore of an Iconic Brazilian Sweet

Wartime rationing and women's suffrage helped popularize the brigadeiro.

August 27, 2018

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

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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