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The best public bathroom in America: The Field Museum
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The best public bathroom in America: The Field Museum-
The votes are in and the people have spoken. The Field Museum in Chicago is the place you want to dodge into should you find yourself in a bathroom-mergency. Online voters selected the museum's two facilities as the winner of the 10th annual "America's Best Restroom" challenge. Why? Well for starters it's cleaned every hour. It's also got a private nursing area with sofas, a Nanny Caddy with free diapers, and a few toddler-sized stalls for the tiny set. Museum displays are built in to each bathroom "for a fun educational flair" but the 'cleaned every hour' detail is still the biggest selling point. This year's winner had some stiff competition: finalists included facilities in high-end hotels and theaters. A decadent port-o-potty fit for the president almost made the cut too. Not eligible for the award were those notorious gas station and coffee shop outhouses with very unsanitary reputations. But we'll get to those after the dreamy bathrooms...