Time Travel America is a self-guided, cinematic walking-tour experience that lets visitors explore history through short videos tied to real-world locations. As you move through town, you can stand near historic sites and watch stories from the past come alive on your phone.

Time Travel America is self-guided. You do not need to meet a guide or follow a scheduled tour time. You can begin when you are ready, move at your own pace, pause when needed, and spend more time at the places that interest you.

No separate app download is required. Time Travel is designed to work through your smartphone’s web browser as a progressive web app. After purchase, you can access the tour from your phone and begin watching the videos as you visit each location.

Time Travel America is launching with our experience in Plymouth The Waterfront & Town Square Tour — focused on Plymouth’s waterfront, Town Square, monuments, Mayflower-related history, and early colonial story. Soon to follow are 3 tours in Boston and 2 in Salem.

The time depends on your pace, how long you stay at each stop, and whether you enter museums, churches, shops, restaurants, or historic sites along the way. Most visitors should plan for a flexible walking experience rather than a fixed timed tour.

Time Travel America is built from historical research, site references, present-day photography, narration, and historically informed visual reconstruction. Some scenes are interpretive because the original events, buildings, interiors, or people can no longer be filmed exactly as they appeared. The goal is to make history vivid, responsible, and accessible while encouraging visitors to learn more from the museums, historic sites, churches, local guides and organizations that preserve historical stories.

Yes. most images and scenes use AI-assisted historical reconstruction. After introductory video recorded on site from public access locations, these visuals are created for educational storytelling and may not depict the exact appearance, contents, or interpretation of every historical site. Whenever possible, real locations, present-day exteriors, known architectural details, public archival references, and site photography are used as the foundation. AI is used to help imagine historical moments that can no longer be directly photographed or filmed.

Not necessarily. Time Travel America features many public landmarks, historic locations, museums, churches, and cultural sites. Inclusion of a location does not imply endorsement, sponsorship, approval, or official review unless specifically stated.

No. Time Travel America is designed to support real historic sites, not replace them. The tour encourages visitors to walk to the actual locations, enter museums and historic buildings when open, and support the organizations that preserve Plymouth’s history. Time Travel America supports all local preservation of history. We encourage you to visit and support any and all local museums to get the most enriching experience that the history and its story is telling you.

Yes. The videos are designed to be educational, visual, and accessible for a wide audience, including families, students, adult visitors, and history lovers. Some historical topics may include conflict, hardship, religion, colonization, or loss, but the tone is intended to be respectful and age-appropriate.

After purchase, you will receive access instructions for the tour. The experience is designed to run on your smartphone through a web-based interface. You can open the tour, select a stop, and watch the related video while standing near that location.

The recommended route is designed to help the story flow clearly, but visitors may move at their own pace. You can pause, replay, or skip stops depending on your schedule and interests. The tour list is also designed to give you the most direct and shortest walking or driving pattern. We prefer more time on site, than walking or driving to them.

The tour is designed for use on a smartphone with an active internet connection. Public Wi-Fi and cellular service may vary by location, so we recommend starting with a charged phone and reliable data access.

Please contact us at [email protected] and include the email used for purchase, the device you are using, and a short description of the issue. We will do our best to help.

Time Travel America collects only the information needed to provide access, process purchases, improve the visitor experience, and respond to support requests. We do not sell personal information to advertisers. For more details, please see our Privacy Policy.

Yes. We welcome conversations with historic sites, museums, churches, tourism organizations, hotels, restaurants, shops, sponsors, and visitor-facing businesses that want to help bring local history to life. For partnership, sponsorship, media, or historic-site coordination, please contact [email protected] or visit our Partners page.