Places Respectful Restoration Wants to Go

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

Once a gas station, this flightless airplane beside the Old Dixie Highway now houses a barbershop.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

A memorial to the thousands of Turkmen soldiers and civilians who died in a bloody 1881 battle.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Frozen in Norway, vended in Singapore.

The original resting place of Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony's only daughter.

This dizzying span over the ancient Algerian city was once the highest suspension bridge in the world.

This former cathedral is now a bustling library packed with students and pigeons.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

The river depicted in the antiwar film 'Apocalypse Now' was likely based on this Mekong tributary.