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Aspen, Colorado

John Denver Sanctuary

Fill up your senses in this beautiful riverside garden, dedicated to the works of singer-songwriter John Denver.
Yamagata, Japan

Tarumizu Sanctuary

A sacred place for ascetic training, set in a honeycomb-walled cliffside cave deep in the woods.
Tonopah, Nevada

Tonopah Stargazing Park

Take in the beauty of the Milky Way at one of the best sites for stargazing in Nevada—a state with some tough competition.
Dallas, Oregon

Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge

A haven for wildlife amid the farmlands and development of the Willamette River Valley.
Santuario di Caravaggio, Italy

Caravaggio Sanctuary Guillotine

An underground passage is home to a guillotine that predates the French Revolution by more than two centuries.
Colzate, Italy

Santuario di San Patrizio

Distressing images of the Last Judgement adorn the walls of this medieval sanctuary.
Milford, Connecticut

Silver Sands State Park

This park is home to a massive bird sanctuary. And maybe buried treasure!
Chapelle Basbellain
Troisvierges, Luxembourg

Chapelle Basbellain

Carved into living stone, a beloved roadside chapel peacefully welcomes the faithful and curious alike.
Nestled high in Mexico's mountains, a community works to protect the Endangered monarch butterflies that come to hibernate in the hundreds of thousands. Here two members of that community, Eduardo Carrillo and David Bautista, show the difference between males (left), who have two black dots on their wings, and females (right).
volcanoes

How This Tiny Mexican Town Has Saved Their Monarch Butterflies—For Now

At the Joya Redonda Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary, hibernating monarch numbers have multiplied tenfold. But is that enough to save the insect?
Vanessa Freije & Yolotzin Hernández April 7, 2023
Santuario de la Cruz Parlante
Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Mexico

Santuario de la Cruz Parlante (Sanctuary of the Speaking Cross)

This shrine is dedicated to a symbol of the Maya people's struggle against inequality and injustice.
Bald Mountain Canyon in Massacre Rim Wilderness Study Area
Washoe County, Nevada

Massacre Rim Wilderness Study Area

An internationally-recognized dark sky sanctuary lies in northern Nevada, near the Oregon line.
A tiger named Kiara plays with her scratch ball during enrichment time.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge

This mountaintop refuge rehabilitates tigers, lions, bears, and more from illicit wildlife trade—and offers overnight lodging.
Bison herd grazing.
Bluffton, Indiana

Ouabache State Park

Home to some of Indiana's last bison herds.
Our Lady of the Beautiful Star
Unhais da Serra, Portugal

Nossa Senhora da Boa Estrela (Our Lady of the Good Star)

A small sanctuary carved into the mountainside near the tallest point in continental Portugal.
Wien Museum Hermesvilla
Vienna, Austria

Wien Museum Hermesvilla

A gift from Emperor Franz Joseph I to his wife.
There are thought to be more than 300 belugas in captivity across 13 different countries, with the highest number housed in Russia, Japan, China, Ukraine, Canada, and the United States.
aquariums

The Tricky Business of Saving a Baby Beluga

For the first time, scientists were able to save a young whale stranded in Cook Inlet. What should happen next?
Sarah Durn February 7, 2022
A traditional Burundian drum ceremony.
Gishora, Burundi

Gishora Drum Sanctuary

This century-old site established by King Mwezi Gisabo preserves the art of Burundi's ancient drum rituals.
The lonesome Chapel of Gilliarey
Torgnon, Italy

Gilliarey

High in the Italian Alps, a lonely chapel with a striking view of the Matterhorn.