Fridley Community Education

Join us for this fun trip where a professional tour guide will step on the coach in St. Paul for a riding tour that will include exterior views of many St. Paul locations where bootleggers, bank robbers and gangsters operated while “hiding in plain sight“ from the FBI. See some famous and some blandly “everyday” buildings where yesterday’s gangsters lived their lives and where they were prosecuted. Learn why the “Saintly City” became a haven for the nation’s most notorious gangsters during the first decades of the 20th Century, and the impact of that legacy. Drive through neighborhoods that welcomed the city’s wealthiest citizens alongside the hoodlums. A stop will be made midway through the tour. 

Lunch: Degidio's 

Menu: Chicken Parmesan - Parmesan Crusted Chicken Breast Served over Spaghetti with classic Tomato Sauce and Baked Mozzaretta, Garlic Bread, Beverage.

Mobility Level 1 Easy: 

Expectations: This tour requires light physical activity. Tour members should expect intermittent walking, with occasional slight inclines and stair climbs, including boarding the motor coach, boat/ferry, tram, etc. There will be some walking to general points of interest. Guests should be able to climb a set of stairs, walk up or down slight slopes and navigate some uneven terrain.

Appropriate for: All participants including those with lower mobility and who are comfortable participating in at least three hours of activity per day.