Saint Paul Gangster Tour
Description
The original St. Paul Gangster Tour (2 hours by Bus in comfort) reveals why Saint Paul was a center for bootlegging operations and criminal activities during the 1930s prohibition era. The tour guide is informative and humorous. This is the only tour that starts at the historic Castle Royal Gangsters nightclub, preserved today as The Wabasha Street Caves. Please note that this tour does not include the Historic Cave Tour. Package available which includes priority seating, photo op, and tickets to both our Historic Cave Tour, as well as the Saint Paul Gangster Tour! 8 years old on up.
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Itinerary
See landmarks like the Historic Castle Royal nightclub, Landmark building, St. Paul hotel, Green Lantern Saloon, Hamm's mansion kidnapping site, Cathedral Hill, Bremer kidnapping site, sites of the Irish Syndicate, site of Dillinger's gun battle, Summit Hill, Governor's Mansion, and F. Scott Fitzgerald's home.
Visit a payroll robbery site.
See the famous White House, a hotel frequented by gangsters, and the Horseshoe Saloon.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(57)
We 4 LOVED the 2:30 bus tour. Our gangster guide was phenomenal. He talked for 2 straight hours. Our gangster was very entertaining, great humor, engaged with the audience and taught us a lot. We would highly recommend this hidden gem of a tour!! A must do in St Paul!!!
Wonderful! The guide was fantastic in giving life to the interesting darker side of St. Paul ‘s history. Staying in character she captured the essence of the gangster days. As the bus weaved it’s way through the streets of the capital city she coordinated each location with informative narration giving life to the sordid history of the capital city gangster era.
Entertainment value was good and guide was funny and well-informed. Stories were intetesting.
Insightful, fun. Guide was very knowledgeable and had a wealth of knowledge about the time period...
You travel in a comfortable bus with an entertaining story teller/ actress. The stories and delivery are very engaging.
Babyface Nelson was informative and entertaining. We visited some places I've only heard of. We had a great time.
Very entertaining and we learned so much history that we didn't know even though we've both spent our whole lives (70+ years) in the Twin Cities!
This was a 2 hour bus tour so don’t worry about walking! It was fun and informative and there is definitely a difference between and gangster and a monster!
We should have arrived earlier than the start time to explore the caves. Nothing was said about that and so we missed seeing them.
Very informative and cool, nice introduction to St. Paul's history. Great way to see around downtown area without worrying about driving/parking. Tour guide was great and super engaging!
