Launceston, Australia
City Park Macaques
A small troop of Japanese macaques live peacefully in the heart of this Tasmanian city.
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Launceston, Australia
A small troop of Japanese macaques live peacefully in the heart of this Tasmanian city.
Freetown, Sierra Leone
A rehabilitation center for confiscated, orphaned, and abandoned chimpanzees.
Marshall, Liberia
After surviving decades of medical testing and civil wars, these chimpanzees were abandoned on their own islands.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The world's only facility where orphaned mountain gorillas are cared for.
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 35 species live and some of them roam free alongside their human visitors.
Yamanouchi, Japan
Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.
Morgan Island, South Carolina
4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.
Corella, Philippines
A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.
Homosassa, Florida
In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.
Tambon Tha Hin, Thailand
Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.
Manduri, Brazil
In the Manduri reserve of Sao Paulo, you can see the endangered black-horned capuchin monkey up close.
Tikal, Guatemala
Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
This Soviet statue is based on a piece of propaganda that's been elevated to national myth.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.
Arslanbob, Kyrgyzstan
One of the world's oldest, it provides a livelihood for the entire community.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Dedicated to a Bolshevik revolutionary, this museum is a true time capsule of the Soviet era.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.
Kyrgyzstan
Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.
Klitmøller, Denmark
On a stretch of Danish coast known as "Cold Hawaiʻi," this fishing village has become a surfing town.
Thyborøn, Denmark
A Danish fisherman spent 25 years covering nearly every inch of his home with tens of thousands of shells as a gift to his wife.
Jelling, Denmark
Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.
Aarhus, Denmark
This legendary dive bar boasts a collection of over 1,300 clown figurines.