Hopkins Community Education

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2025 (9AM - 2PM)

9am Arrive for check-in

9:15 a.m. Leave from the Eisenhower Community Center, 1001 Hwy. 7, Hopkins, MN. 

9:45 a.m. Arrive at the Wabasha Street Caves in St. Paul

10:00 a.m. Take the Historic Cave Tour - Wabasha Street Caves. See the only remaining restored Gangster Era site. Historic Tour of extensive caves carved into the hillside in long abandoned mining ventures in 1800's. Later, was a mushroom farm, and then developed as a Restaurant Casino and Gangsters' Hotspot during the 1930's prohibition era. Newspapers reported of an unsolved gangland murder at the casino. Tour guides point out the bullet holes. Some believe the caves are haunted by the murdered mobsters whose bodies were never found.

11:00 a.m. Leave The Caves and venture through the streets of St. Paul during its roaring hoodlum heyday on an exploration of Crooks, Crime and Corruption. See sites where the infamous lived, socialized, committed crimes and where many were brought to justice. Your guide will take you back to the city of Saint Paul in the 1920’s and 1930’s when crime and corruption ruled. Drive past the Landmark Center where some of the FBI's most notorious criminals were tried including: Ma Barker and her five sons Alvin "Creepy" Karpis; Baby Face Nelson; John Dillinger and his gal Evelyn Freschette; and even Machine Gun Kelly. 

12:00 p.m. Drop off your Gangster guide.

12:15 p.m. Have lunch at Degidio’s Restaurant. Menu: Chicken Parmesan - Parmesan Crusted Chicken Breast Served over Spaghetti with classic Tomato Sauce and Baked Mozzaretta, Garlic Bread, Cookie, Beverage.

1:30 p.m. Leave St. Paul.

2:00 p.m. Estimated return time to Hopkins.

Registration deadline is Sunday September 21, 2025. There will be no refunds for cancellations after this date.