Attraction
For a town that was once criticized for its agricultural leanings, Sacramento certainly has a lot of other history that it celebrates. The California Military Museum (1119 Second Street) offers a nice sampling of California’s role in shaping U.S. history. Likewise, the California State History Museum is housed on O Street and gives tourists and residents the chance to see how immigration and foreign culture has affected the state. The Discovery Museum History Center (101 I Street) is geared to the younger set with interactive exhibits.
Of course, most travelers are intrigued by the Governor’s Mansion (1526 H Street) and take one of the daily tours to see the fifteen room house. Other museums include the Huntington, Hopkins, and Co. Store (113 I Street), the Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum (Front and L Street), and the Towe Auto Museum (2200 Front Street). And if you’re looking for art, then the Crocker Art Museum (216 O Street) is a necessary stop.
But the most famous tourist attraction of Sacramento is Sutter’s Fort (2701 L Street). This is the place where the first settlement was founded in 1839. You can take audio tours and watch reenactments of early life in Sacramento.
And don’t forget to see the State Capitol that began construction in 1860, but wasn’t completed until 1874.