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Learn about the proud heritage of California Indian culture (California State Indian Museum); the earliest European settlement in California’s Central Valley (Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park); the commercial center and communications hub for the California Gold Rush (Old Sacramento State Historic Park); the profound influences of the railroad industry and its many workers on the Golden State (California State Railroad Museum); and the railroad's influences in television & film and throughout Tuolumne County (Railtown 1897 State Historic Park).

In addition to the above-mentioned sites, architecture buffs won’t want to miss the 19,000 square foot mansion which served as the office of three early California governors and today is the State’s official address for diplomatic and business receptions (Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park); the regal Victorian mansion which 13 California governors called home between 1903 and 1967 (Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park); the magnificently restored, working museum that since 1869 has served as home to the legislative branch of state government and the Governor’s office (California State Capitol Museum); and the painstakingly restored 1896 stopping place for entertainers, actors, and musicians (Woodland Opera House State Historic Park).