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August, 2008
New Adventure Travel in Chiapas, Mexico
How does an adventure outfitter create the next great itinerary in uncharted territory? Christopher R. Cox goes behind the scenes in Chiapas, Mexico, to discover the benefits—and the challenges—of getting there first.
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April, 2008
Bohemian Rhapsody: A Prague Restoration
In a fairy-tale twist, a historic Czech palace is reclaimed—and restored—by its rightful owner.
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November, 2007
Women at Work
Traveling to Kenya and India, Shane Mitchell visits four collectives that are keeping handicraft traditions alive—and entire cultures thriving—while offering new opportunities to the women who belong to them
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February, 2007
Saving Babylon
In the midst of chaos and war in Iraq, one of the most significant archaeological sites in the world—a bedrock of human civilization— is the focus of determined preservation efforts.
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February, 2007
A Modern Icon Steps Out
The late Philip Johnson’s New Canaan, Connecticut residence, the Glass House, will open to the public this spring. Michael Z. Wise reports on the meticulous restoration of a Modernist classic.
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October, 2005
Update: Frauenkirche, Dresden
'In another sixty years, you won't be able to tell what is old and what is new. It will be like a wound healing.'
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September, 2005
Gehry, Repurposed
Gehry likens his structure in Paris, with its curves and tilting volumes, to "a dancer lifting her tutu."
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August, 2005
Re-Modernizing Tel Aviv
After years of neglect, Tel Aviv's Bauhaus architecture is getting a makeover. But, as Michael Z. Wise reports, this is a conservation effort with political overtones.
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August, 2005
Melting Point
Rescue on high
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July, 2005
Crystal Cove, California
Restoring the California coast cottages to all their kitschy glory
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May, 2005
See it Now: Tbilisi, Georgia
Saving Georgia's Art Nouveau heritage after eight decades of neglect
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December, 2004
Istanbul
Hagia Sophia, a wonder of the modern world, takes another step forward in its never-ending quest to age gracefully
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November, 2004
Bosnia and Herzegovina
In a war-torn city, a bridge is resurrected as the great white hope for the future
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August, 2004
Mission to Mongolia
Tourists help rebuild a 17th-century Buddhist site.
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July, 2004
The Next Da Vinci Code
A law that aims to protect Italy's cultural heritage—one of the country's biggest assets—may actually put it at risk.
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June, 2004
Preservation: London
For its 100th birthday, a renowned opera house gets a makeover fit for a diva
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May, 2004
Preservation: Germany
Cast aside decades ago, a Baltic Sea resort 130 miles north of Berlin is a white elephant no more
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April, 2004
Preservation: Illinois
Mies van der Rohe's love-it-or-hate-it celebration of Modernism endures as a cautionary tale on the merits of glass houses
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February, 2004
Prague
After the devastating floods, a historic synagogue—and with it, a chronicle of lives lost—has reopened
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January, 2004
Once Upon a Time in China
Six old towns in the Yangtze River delta are working to preserve the past. Jasper Becker charts their progress
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January, 2004
See it Now
Wondering where to go in the coming year? Visit one of these 12 places around the globe—before it disappears, or gets remodeled, or becomes impossibly overcrowded after years of inaccessibility
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December, 2003
St. Petersburg
The brilliant mosaics of Russia's original Amber Room are still missing. But a faithful replica is now the jewel in this city's crown
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December, 2003
Great Barrier Grief?
Fighting development in the middle of the world's largest World Heritage Area
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November, 2003
England: Bristol's Tyntesfield
Thanks to the kindness of strangers, a one-of-a-kind Victorian manor outside Bristol has been rescued from the chopping block
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November, 2003
Sacred Sites
Landmark religious buildings eligible for federal funding for restorations
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October, 2003
Saving The Great Wall
The fight to spare crumbling sections of the Great Wall
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September, 2003
Preservation: Cuzco, Peru
Cracks mended, foundation strengthened, Cuzco Cathedral is commanding reverence once again
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September, 2003
Paradise Regained?
No matter how green its valleys, war-torn Kashmir would seem no place for tourists. But that isn't stopping India from trying to lure them back. Pankaj Mishra reports
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July, 2003
Zimbabwe's Plight
Travel advisories doom tourism in trouble-plagued Zimbabwe
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July, 2003
Stemming the Tide
In Luang Prabang, Laos, the pull of progress—modern hotels, bright lights, discos—threatens the traditional look and feel of what is perhaps the best-preserved small city in Asia
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June, 2003
Curaçao
An unlikely hotel and museum in the Caribbean is shining a light on an area's dark past
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June, 2003
What Lies Beneath
Despite official and grassroots efforts to clean up a massive oil spill in Galicia, the problems on Spain's northern coast are still surfacing. Valerie Waterhouse reports
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April, 2003
Genesee Depot, Wisconsin
The show goes on at Ten Chimneys, the recently refurbished country seat of Broadway legends Lunt and Fontanne
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April, 2003
Nature on the Rocks
Cherished by travelers, coveted by industry, America's public lands are hanging in the balance. But what's at stake is more than scenery
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March, 2003
Preservation: Hong Kong
The pink dolphin is a symbol of grace and determination in one of the world's busiest harbors. But as its habitat shrinks, so do its odds of survival.
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December, 2002
Versailles, France
Marie Antoinette's private theater, a miniature masterpiece of trompe-l'oeil, is once again a gilded pleasure
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November, 2002
Update: This Just In
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November, 2002
Lalibela, Ethiopia
In one of the holiest cities in Africa, rock-hewn churches have endured for centuries. But will they survive the modern age?
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