Photo: NASA / ISS Expedition 70What is a Homage?
A memory left behind by someone who once lived somewhere.
A Homage is a memory, story, or bit of advice left behind by someone who once lived somewhere. When you move out, the walls forget. Homage doesn’t.
Live somewhere
Every apartment, dorm, house or sublet counts.
Leave a Homage
A memory, a story, a bit of advice for whoever's next.
Explore the map
Wander cities and open the places that hold stories.
Discover & return
Find the lives lived at your address, then add your own.
Stories from the map
People who lived here first
The bunkhouse by the water
Door County · Door County, WI
As I layback and exhale, I can hear the sounds of little waves lapping over the stone beach, each a tiny voice inspired by a cool evening breeze to...
— lakeside_bunk, lived here 1998–2020
See on map →Home at last, at Crystal House
5055 Collins Ave, Apt 6N · Miami Beach, FL
Fire. Hot blazing red light floods my aperture with a sudden zeal; light from violently piercing gently closed eyelids closed across a backdrop of...
— crystalhouse_6n, lived here 2025–Present
See on map →A year on the island
Roatán · Roatán, Honduras
I was maybe 10-11 when I first stepped into Roatan, Islas de La Bahia. A small island off the coast of Honduras that my grandparents were urging was...
— iguana_and_sunsets, lived here 2011–2012
See on map →Small, but mighty
Spring Lake · Spring Lake, MI
Growing up in Spring Lake, Michigan, home was always defined by the proximity to water. I lived about ten minutes from Lake Michigan, summer days...
— springlake_kid, lived here 2000–2018
See on map →Thank you, 820 Meridian
820 Meridian Ave · Miami Beach, FL
I actually toured this apartment twice before signing my lease. Once in late 2023, well before I even needed to move anywhere, and then once again a...
— abaker_mb, lived here 2024–Present
See on map →Home for the first 18 years
Calais Court · Grand Rapids, MI
I lived in a house on Calais Court in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for the first 18 years of my life. I still visit it when I go home, but after being...
— calais_court, lived here 2000–2018
See on map →Take a look around
Add your place to the map.
Think of a place you can still picture with your eyes closed. Leave a memory there for whoever lives it next.