The Dharahara tower is quite a tourist attraction, as are most things in Nepal. At present, a 22-story replica of the tower stands in Kathmandu, just waiting for photo ops. This replica tower, though, was just built and isn't even open to tourists until November 2021 since the original has been gone for most of a century. According to BBC, the original tower was built in the 1830s, courtesy of Nepal's first prime minister and stood until 1935 when an earthquake cause it to collapse for the first time. The tower was subsequently rebuilt, you know, so it could collapse again.

The second collapse, which took place in 2015, caused the deaths of at least 180 people, mostly tourists, according to NDTV. Again, an earthquake was at fault, and it was much larger than the first, recording at 7.9 on the Richter scale. That isn't too far from making the USGS's list of 20 Largest Earthquakes in the World, to give you some scope.

The new tower will have some additions, and likely some structural changes, to help it live through the next tremor that shakes Nepal. Elevators, garden, fountain, museum, you name it. If Dharahara tower is anything, it's a phoenix that's risen from its own ashes time and again.

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