Top Minneapolis-Saint Paul Crime Tours

Explore the only remaining restored Gangster Era site in Saint Paul on this guided historic caves tour of the Wabasha Street Caves. Carved into the hillside near downtown Saint Paul, the caves have been numerous things throughout their history, including as a gangster hot spot during Prohibition. Tour the caves and hear fascinating stories of their history from your guide.

Most people don’t know anything about St. Paul’s gangster history—and most definitely don’t go underground to explore it. But you will on this totally immersive tour, heading back to the era of John Dillinger and 1930s-era corruption. Your guides set the scene, taking you around the city, and beneath it, for a day of subterranean suspense.

Saint Paul is the current capital of Minnesota and was quite the hub for organized crime not too long ago. Discover this thrilling part of the Twin Cities history during a gangster tour by bus. You’ll join a group of history buffs for a ride through the city, spending hours learning about the 1930s Prohibition Era from your funny and informative guide. Venture through South, West, and Central Saint Paul, stopping at sites of payroll robberies, bars where gangsters frequented, and spots where kidnappings took place.

This isn’t your grandma’s walking tour. With this self-paced audio guide, you’ll learn all about Minneapolis’s standard history (like Prince) *and* discover its secret nooks and crannies, like the history of “Funkytown,” a mansion with 86 TVs, and the invention of Zubaz pants. No matter what, after you’ve explored with this River Walk guide, you’ll never look at this stretch of the Mississippi with glazed-over eyes again.

Learn all about Minneapolis’s thug-life past on this private driving tour, where you and one other passenger drive through the city and see where all the notorious gangsters used to hang out. Learn about John Dillinger and other bank robbers and bootleggers from your guide- more than you could find in a guidebook.

Explore the so-called most haunted place in Minnesota on a fun one-hour walking tour of the sandstone Wabasha Street Caves. Learn more about local history–including the grim and spooky parts–at the caves, which were once a notorious gangster hideout. Around 60 ghosts are said to haunt the caves. Go in search of them yourself.