This is such a good stop because there's more here than I expected. Grab something from the little café inside the restored depot, then head outside and wander the old rail yard. We had peanut butter cookies and blended lemonades and would absolutely stop again. Built in 1909, the South Cle Elum Depot was an important division point for the Milwaukee Road, where crews changed and locomotives were added or removed from trains traveling between Chicago and Tacoma. The depot's original beanery, once used to feed railroad workers and travelers, is now home to Division Point Coffee & Crepes. According to staff, the stools along the old counter are original. Attached to the café is a free railroad museum operated by volunteers with the Cascade Rail Foundation. Museum hours are limited—typically Saturdays, noon–4 p.m., May through September, so check before making a special trip. Even when the museum is closed, you can explore the historic rail yard on a short interpretive loop. Look for the remains of the old roundhouse, which could service eight steam locomotives, and the 85-foot turntable that railroad workers once turned by hand. The trains may be gone, but the route isn't. The former Milwaukee Road corridor is now part of the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail.