"Go back and kill Hitler"....some of you guys really are idealistic morons, if I'm honest. So far Cobol74 and jetsetter have shown some logic with the topic and gotten it right. Killing Hitler....do you have any idea what that would do to the world ? No, and neither do I. I will go a step further and blame anyone who wants to go back and change history a complete clot , especially when they want to "prevent bad things from happening". It's exactly like jetsetter said; people die, that's the course of life. Shit happens - live with it.
If you must, continue this debate in the politics section, even if it makes no sense whatsoever.
Let's get this thread back on track and see what you would actually want to do and see.
I would have to go back to 1960's, buy a Shelby GT500 and drive across Route 66 (my life long dream), see Elvis Presley live, Woodstock in '69 and some other really memorable shit. Forget about getting the winning numbers in lottery and some other foolishness. I mean yeah, sure....millions of dollars would be nice, but I put great life experiences light years ahead of earthly possessions and wealth.
I would have to see Frank Sinatra, then in the 1970's AC/DC when Bon Scott was still with us, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. I'd visit some Grand Prix races when you could still call it racing. Going further back I would for sure visit ancient Egypt to see how the hell were the pyramids actually built. In Rome I'd go see a gladiator fight at the Colosseum and in the middle ages I'd want to see some real knights.
What else...well, I'll try to come up with something else. But really guys....if you DID have a time machine, would you really try to save the world and be some goody good samaritan by killing off Hitler, only resulting in what could possibly be even a worse future than what we have now ? Or would you rather see and do stuff you could only do 40, 50, 60 or more years back.
Sheez...some people just don't have any imagination.