In the 1930s, St. Paul had a deal with America’s most wanted: behave in town, and the town looks the other way. The original Saint Paul Gangster Tour — two hours by bus — tells the whole outrageous story, and its guides deliver it with a wink. Its 64 riders rate it 4.61 stars.
The tour starts at the historic Castle Royal gangster nightclub — preserved today as the Wabasha Street Caves — and rolls past the hideouts, hangouts and crime scenes of the bootlegging era, when the capital of Minnesota quietly became a capital of crime. Expect colorful characters: bank robbers, kidnappers and the crooked bargains that sheltered them.
It is history with a sense of humor, told from a comfy bus seat. From $55 per person (eight years and up), it is the most entertaining civics lesson in the Twin Cities.
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