Pop Culture Stories

Preservation pops up in the most unexpected places—in films, plays, music videos, books, and more. In these stories below, we spotlight the moments where saving places takes center stage in popular imagination.

Preserve Route 66 Route 66 Communities: Documenting Tight-Knit Connections in Disparate Places
Preserve Route 66 The Road of Flight: Three Authors Reflect on Their Route 66 Novels
National Treasures Where it All Started: Remembering Nina Simone's North Carolina
We're In This Together 10 Fun Historical Fiction Books to Add to Your Reading List
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund 3 African American Preservationists Featured in Essence Magazine
Historic Bars A Brewable Feast: One Writer’s Journey Through New York City’s Historic Bars
Where Women Made History 12 Gifts for Lovers of Women's History
Now Playing: Film Streams' Show-Stopping Revival of Omaha's Historic Dundee Theater
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund What’s Next for Idlewild, Michigan’s Black Eden?
Reel Places A Baltimore Photojournalist Uncovers the City's Forgotten Theaters
10 Preservation Books for Children and Teens
An Urban Planning-Themed Graphic Novel with Big Plans

13 - 24 of 164 stories