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The Wabasha Street Caves is an event hall built into the sandstone caves located on the south shore of the Mississippi River in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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The Wabasha Street Caves is an event hall built into the sandstone caves located on the south shore of the Mississippi River in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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Most haunted place in Minnesota? Na, if you want to see haunted, come to my place after grandma gets up and before her coffee. She’ll even look like a ghost in her white sleeping gown, scary! We went on a tour of the caves and it was pretty darn good. They couldn’t show us everything since trash filled a couple caves but it was still a neat experience. Too much talk about nonsense haunted stuff but it was fun to hear about the history and see the photos. Deb was our tour guide and she said she’d win $10,000 cash if she got a bunch of 5 star reviews so here Deb, I’ve mentioned your name (I think it was $10k, if not, it should be). Had a great time. It’s a must see in the area so go enjoy the caves, ask for Deb to be your guide and don’t believe all that haunted stuff. BOO!

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Quaint place for whatever events they're hosting. We just went for their tour which was $9 and fairly interesting. One thing that was evident from the beginning was that it didn't seem like they anticipated such large crowds. There was a tour at 5pm, but the entire lobby area was packed at even 4:45. They split us into 2 groups which helped, but even then the guide had a hard time being heard by everyone; he needed a microphone. It also lead to some people getting distracted from his information since they couldn't hear him or see the photos he showed anyway. My suggestions would be to form smaller groups, introduce a microphone system, and/or have staggered tour start times. From what I hear, their swingdancing events and stuff are also a hit.

Maximilian ShakalMaximilian Shakal
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I was in town on a Thursday and got a double header here. Did the tour at 5:00, which was great. The tour guides were funny and very informative. They did a fantastic job. The caves themselves range from beautiful to mysterious. A lot of interesting history here. I won't give any away you'll have to find out for yourself! Then I stuck around for the Swing night, which started at 7:00 p.m. it was fantastic, big band playing great music from the old days and people love it, they come here to swing dance It's amazing. They do also give lessons at around 6:15 p.m. I believe. If you've never been here come and take the tour, and on a Thursday night I definitely would come back just to see a band again.

Mark DMark D
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We were looking for something to do inside on this hot summer day and stumbled upon the wabasha street cave tours on Explore Minnesota’s events calendar. We were thrilled to be able to take our kids to a place that we went while dating 20+ years ago and to our surprise our tour guide was familiar as we recall her being a character on one of the Bus gangster tours we had done back then as well. Debra was a treat! Her engaging personality and breath of knowledge on the tour were delightful! We caught her on her last week before retirement, so we purchased her book, too. Thank you to the new owners who have brought back this St. Paul treasure! Great family outing and grateful it was also accessible.

Christie RosckesChristie Rosckes
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Our tour guide Louis was very good at her craft and enjoys telling g the stories and immersing you in the history. Management however was very rude. Once the tour was over, my group and I waited near the exit trying to determine what our next endeavor was going to be. While doing that, the manager very rudely interrogated us and believed we were trying to get back Into the caves to take some sort of self-guided tour, I guess. Everytime we tried to explain, she would talk over and interrupt us and give us the third degree. The criminals of the past were treated better than we were. Ironic.

Ryan MyersRyan Myers
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What a fun and educational experience! Our tour guide, Brett aka John Dillinger, was fantastically funny and full of interesting facts (and impressions) as he guided us through the caves and hosted the gangster tour afterward. We definitely won the host lottery getting Brett as our guide. I really enjoyed seeing the miners pick axe marks up close, learning about the history of gangsters in St Paul, and touring our city. Highly recommend this to both city visitors and locals. Definitely do the gangster tour after, as it adds so much more context to what you learn about in the caves!

KJ GoldsteinKJ Goldstein
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