My grandmother's farm had to be sold in 2012 after she died. Since my family moved around when I was a kid, but always visited there for holidays, it felt more like home than any other place I lived in. I have extensive videos I recorded in 2006. It'd be wonderful to walk through there again using reconstructions from material I already have.
Or maybe not. There's a reason I haven't watched those videos in years. Who wants to remember the garden of Eden when you know you can't go back?
I think it depends on where you are in life. If your life is good and you feel safe and happy, then looking back can be a nice way to remember your childhood, and possibly rediscover things about yourself you had forgotten. If your life is difficult and you’re not feeling great, looking back at better times can be a painful reminder of things not going the way you’d like. But our lives ebb and flow, and there may be a time where you feel like looking back.
Or, to quote Watchmen, "I'm 65 years old. Everyday the future looks a little bit darker. But the past, even the grimy parts of it, well, it just keeps on getting brighter all the time."
When you're young there's often nothing to look forward to but the future, so why revisit the past?
When you're old, your health is failing, and there's no future to look forward to, you're gonna want to look back in time -- maybe remember the better days of your youth.
Or maybe not. There's a reason I haven't watched those videos in years. Who wants to remember the garden of Eden when you know you can't go back?