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My Brazilian World Cup Cabana

So today is the day when everyone is about to lose their sh*t because the World Cup is starting. Personally, I’m a little less enthusiastic about football, but never one to miss out on a good vibe. Football fever is rising among us, but of course, the tournament’s host nation is about to spread some irresistible…

This Paradise on Earth just Stole the Number 1 Spot on my Bucket List

These must be photoshopped, I thought, when I first laid my eyes on the waves of silky sand and perfect patterns of turquoise blue. Turns out, you should never underestimate the beauty planet Earth is capable of. No mirage in the desert, this is the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in northeast Brazil, a name which so…
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Forgotten Art Deco Marvels of a Lost 1920s Copacabana Magazine

Little information has survived about Brazil’s Para Todos magazine. I couldn’t actually find what date or why it ever went out of print. I do know that it was created in 1918 with a focus on movie stars, and in 1922 until 1930, it came under the direction of José Carlos, a cartoonist, illustrator and major talent in Brazilian Art…

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The Forgotten Brazilian Aviator That Came Before the Wright Brothers 

On a clear day in 1901, at the height of Paris’ most whimsical era of innovation, a curious one-man vessel in the sky could frequently be spotted flying along Parisian boulevards at rooftop level, circumnavigating the Eiffel Tower and sometimes landing at a café for lunch, much to the delight of hat-waving Parisians. The pilot’s full…

A Failed 1930s American Town, Lost in Time in the Amazon Rainforest

Typical American houses and mid-western streets sprang up as fast as the jungle could be stripped and cleared. Fordlândia– foreign outpost for one of the world’s largest and most profitable companies, dream of an American business magnate, and one of the worst ideas Henry Ford ever had. It was the motor industry giant’s epic jungle adventure, an experiment…
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