The tower's 42nd floor observation deck looks much as it did in 1929, thanks to a 2010 renovation that ripped out the '70s carpet, wood paneling and wallpaper, and restored the deck's Jazz Age glow.
Amid the sacred stained-glass art, there's a small pane dedicated to restaurant and motel-chain owner Vernon Stouffer, which depicts landmarks such as Municipal Stadium and the Terminal Tower.
Look for the two African-American figures among the sculptures: Outside, a sailor from the integrated U.S. Navy of the 1860s loads a cannon. Inside, a former slave rises as Lincoln liberates him.
The Learning Center and Money Museum is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday and aims to teach kids about the value and history of money. Adults will be interested, too.
Inside downtown's 1890 shopping-mall-turned-hotel-atrium, daytime visitors may need sunglasses to handle the rays shining through the immense skylight onto the gilded railings.
You can take a self-guided audio driving tour, available on CD and rentable for $5 at the Garfield Monument and the main office.
This building was built by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in the 1920s as a community stores building for a French Norman model village he hoped to develop on part of his father's Forest Hills estate.
The museum's "Time of Uncertainty" section gives a Jewish flavor to the city's Depression-era urban stew, especially its detectives and outlaws: private eye Jake Mintz, mobster Moe Dalitz and more.
