Here is a map of space around the sun, with the bright stars identified:

The stereo pair below shows how they are actually distributed in three dimensional space:

(From Clockwork Software, http://www.clockwk.com/clockwk2/centennia.html and click on "Nearby Stars".

To view, you will need to focus your eyes to a distance (the opposite of crossing them) until the two images appear to merge.

If that makes your eyes hurt, here is an animation that shows the same thing (from Esther Hu,  http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/hu/astro110_links.html)