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A hotel got shot in the crossfire of a presidential scandal, hosted the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and somehow still manages to feel like the calmest place on one of the world's loudest beaches. That's Copacabana Palace in a nutshell: a century-old Art Deco block …

In a city where excess is the norm and subtlety goes to die, the Grand Lisboa casino hotel rises from Macau's skyline like a fever dream made manifest. At 261 meters (856 feet) tall, this golden behemoth doesn't just dominate the former Portuguese colony's horizon – it practically shouts its …