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Wabasha Street Caves

Down In History Tours

By Cheryl G, Publisher Shakopee Macaroni Kid June 12, 2017


Have you been to the Wabasha Street Caves yet? 

If you would like to know more about the history of St. Paul and it's notorious gangster history, this is the tour for you. Take a trip back into time with the Historic Cave Tour. 

We arrived a littler early and were able to grab a snack at Grumpy Steve's coffe shop right next door. Once we were inside of the Wabasha Street Caves, we happened to be greeted by John Dillinger. How cool is that?

John Dillinger gave us the tour of the caves and it's history. What an amazing place! The temperature remains at 55 degrees year round inside the caves and the caves were the place to be during Prohibition! 

John Dillinger was very interactive with all the participants of the tour. Everyone really enjoyed the Historic Cave Tour.

They also offer a Saint Paul Gangster Tour which we took right after the Historic Cave Tour. This tour is only offered on Saturdays, reservations are required and it is well worth the investment. 

A luxury coach bus picked up our tour group and we made our way around Saint Paul viewing the notorious infamous gangster haunts, mystery and mayhem. This is a great date activity and fun for the family to learn about the history of Saint Paul.

We give the Wabasha Street Caves Historic Cave Tour and Saint Paul Gangster Tours a "thumbs up".