New Trend Has People Looking Up Old Home Photos on Google Maps — and Sharing Emotional Reactions to Seeing Late Loved Ones

A heartwarming TikTok trend has users traveling down memory lane — virtually — by exploring old Google Maps photos of places with links to cherished memories and loved ones.

Across the app, users have been sharing screenshots of pictures from Google Maps "Street View" that have captured nostalgic moments in time — like users' loved ones doing yard work or walking home from school — usually set to a clip of the song "Springsteen" by country singer Eric Church.

These images, originally captured by Google Maps' street-view cars, are often candid snapshots that offer glimpses into everyday moments in the posters' pasts. Many of the videos' captions begin with the words, "Somewhere on Google Maps," with the lyrics of Church's song in the background — "To this day, when I hear that song/I see you standin' there on that lawn/" — adding to the video's sense of nostalgia.

The clips have captured everything from users' now-deceased childhood dogs playing in the front yards of their homes to more humorous moments as well.

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In one video under the trend, posted by user @jayeyou, the video shows a screen recording of a younger version of the user crouched next to her car on Google Maps street view, with the words "somewhere on google maps, it's 2012 and I'm a junior in high school crying because my car got egged" written across the screen.

In the screen recording, a younger version of @jayeyou can in fact be seen crouching beside their car, with a spray bottle and a rag, seemingly cleaning it off.

Another, from @dawnqueener, reads, "Google Maps documented this moment a decade ago," and showcases the moment her youngest son wanted to snap a photo with the Google car.

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Other users have shared images featuring late relatives, long-lost friends and neighbors and childhood homes that have since been modified.

One user, @sydshads, summed it up perfectly.

"I have cried every day since this trend started bc of these," they write. "Please keep posting, y'all are tugging at my heart strings every single time."

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