Although Laura Lombardi hails from New York, she traded in the apple for some wind in 2008—a move motivated by a desire to continue art school in Chicago, but that instead led to the creation of her eponymous line of vintage-fueled metal jewelry in 2009. (She made an amazing pair of brass earrings just for Of a Kind this week!) Here are the seven Manhattanite-approved spots that, according to Laura, you have to hit next time you make your way to the capital of the Midwest.

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