At The Great Escape, plastic-protected collectible issues of Playboy and Rolling Stone live right next to old tabloid publications — each lending important historic context to the other. But the real treasure hunt happens in the boxes under the records at the front of the store. Tattered copies of Look magazine make excellent fodder for collaging. Niche music publications also live there, from local to European. Early-years shots of musicians we still love today are preserved on the covers. We can measure how far they’ve come, and how far we’ve come with them. HANNAH HERNER

