For example I am right now sitting in an Arby’s. I’m trying to figure out what business was here before Arby’s? Which would’ve been at least 20 years ago.
Is there a website or someplace that I could easily search this information at, preferably for free.
Edit: the arbys building was built when they moved in. I’m curious what business was there before.
Recent history would be reflected in Google Street View, but that only goes back to maybe 2011 and only for some parts of the USA.
Going further back, you can try property ownership records, or even just searching for the address online, setting the time window to before the current business came to be.