Beneath the streets of St. Paul lies the city’s wildest chapter: a maze of hand-carved sandstone caves that went from 1800s silica mines to a mushroom farm to a glamorous 1930s casino where gangsters danced. This Historic Cave Tour — 4.77 stars from 220 visitors — is the only restored gangster-era site of its kind.
Guides point out the actual bullet holes from an unsolved gangland murder at the casino, tell the tales of the mobsters whose bodies were never found (some swear the caves are haunted by them) and lead you past the fully restored original bar — at 60 feet, a record-breaker in its day.
It is weird, wonderful Twin Cities history you literally walk through. At just $20 per person, it might be the best bargain in St. Paul.
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