人以外、物の「在りし日の姿」 = What it used to look like
When I saw the place where my school once stood, I remembered what it used to look like. = もう今はない学校の跡地を見て、在りし日の姿を思い出しました。
"what"の代わりに、"the way"も使えます: "the way it used to look", "the way it looked" ("look / lookedの後"like"はないので気を付けてください)
When I saw the place where my school once stood, I remembered the way it looked.
そして、"how"も使えます:
今でもコロッセオを見て、ローマ時代の在りし日の姿が想像できる。
Even today, you can imagine how the Colosseum once looked during the days of the Roman Empire.