Folsom History Museum

A bakery café a block from Sutter Street: order at the counter, grab a table on the big patio, and they bring it out. The cake case is the whole point.

An independent inn at the edge of Historic Folsom, walking distance to Sutter Street and the river bike trail. The Premium rooms sleep four, and the pool is summer only.

The 1895 power plant that first lit up Sacramento, with the giant old generators still inside. Best for school-age kids, and a short walk from Sutter Street.

A mini pretend town modelled on real Folsom shops, with an espresso bar for the grown-ups. Kids one to ten run the town while you drink your coffee hot for once.

Folsom's library, with a picture book room and drop-in story time for little ones, a short walk from the zoo and the mini train.

A miniature steam train that has been looping through City Lions Park since 1970, right around the Folsom zoo. Ten minutes of pure joy for a train kid. It doesn't run in the rain or on the hottest days.