Just did the St Paul Bar tour for the second time. Collin was phenomenal! The second time around…read morehad a plethora of new insight and we even tried a bar that none of us (including our guide) had been to that was a converted mortuary! You should book this tour if you want to experience the real St Paul and have some cocktails and fun conversation while getting a few steps in. 5 stars!

Great walking tour. We went with several family members and a couple other people. The tour started…read moreat the cathedral in St Paul, went through a couple historic neighborhoods, the capital area and ended up downtown at a restaurant. The guide, Dan, was great. He was very knowledgeable but not too professorial. Not too much. Not too little. Just the right amount of information. I would highly recommend. We walked about 3 miles in total at a comfortable pace just be prepared to walk and enjoy. I feel like I know so much more about both St. Paul and Minnesota.

Ray and Steve were great guides. Made the nervous people in our group feel at ease. After the warm…read moreup to make sure you know how to operate the Segway you go on a historical tour that was very informative. We went up and down the river and covered a lot ground. Fun group activity! Thanks again!

Highly recommend this. Jim was a great tour guide and these guys do it right. I've been on many…read moretours in other cities, but this one is tops.

This was so disappointing. From the website and other reviews, it looks like the tour is supposed…read moreto take you inside buildings, feature interestingly dressed guides who get into character, are accompanied by a Medium, etc. We had none of that. Our tour just walked us up and down a stretch of Main Street by Stone Arch Bridge. We stayed outside the whole time (no creepy basements like we'd been promised) and didn't even make it over to the Mill Ruins on the other side of the river. The ghost hunting equipment was extremely chintzy, but that didn't bother me as much as just the way the tour felt surfacey and low-effort. The stories told were interesting, but there weren't that many of them and they were not very detailed or in-depth. Some tours I've been on, including a ghost tour, included 2-3x as many stories and facts, and they were also a lot more detailed. Our guide was very nice, fun, and did tell some interesting morbid history about NE Minneapolis, and I don't intend this review to reflect on them so I am not using their name. I'm sure they were just doing what the company tells them to do; the problem is with the company's design of the tour. Overall this tour was not worth the time or money, at least not the experience we were given.

My husband and I always do a ghost tour of some sort in each town we are in. We have been on many…read moretours in different cities. The first thing that upset me about this was it was scheduled for 8pm. We arrived at 7:30 and they weren't even open. At 8pm they opened the door only to explain they had left me a message that the tour would be at 9pm instead of 8pm. I never received that message! So we find ourselves with an hour to kill until the tour starts. I don't think Mike and I ever really determined why it was haunted as there are only 2 true large areas to visit inside. We compared notes later and neither seemed to remember why. I have no doubt there is something there, being believers, but needed more history explained, and of course for them to have contacted me directly when the time changed.

We did the indoor skywalk tour in St. Paul. It was very informative and lasted about 3 hours 10…read moremin. Our tour guide Kim was very friendly and informative. There were 5 stops on the tour. We we're told the outdoor tour was the same stops you just walk outside in between. This was very good to know for the future! I'd definitely consider doing their downtown Minneapolis tour. My favorite stop was Afro. The dishes were very unique and tasty! We also sampled beer, cheese curds, chocolate, popcorn, chicken skewers, gyoza, and cucumber rolls. I don't drink beer but they provided a root beer and a ginger beer that were pretty tasty. I appreciated the substitutes.

We went as a group; it was advertised as an activity at a conference we were attending. It was…read morealmost $50 to participate. The website listed 5 stops, and we only went to three. The website listed gourmet food, and at two of the stops I had chips and salsa/guacamole, not "local specialties." We got two tiny samples of beer, when it was advertised as a beer tasting tour. It felt like a waste of money, and I think it was false advertising based on the website. Our tour guide was nice and polite, and he seemed to have good knowledge of the city. It just seemed like it wasn't what we paid for. I wouldn't recommend it.

If you are looking for a trip with people that you can connect with while you also connect more…read morewith yourself, this is the company to do it with. Tracy and Kim are great at making their trips all inclusive so people from all walks of life can join in. I went on the Hawaii trip. We went to the big island. It was a group of 10 of us. Amazing women from all walks of life. We went to amazing waterfalls, walked across an old lava field, watched live lava spurt from a caldera at night, and even toured a small organic kona coffee plantation and got to get down and dirty with the coffee making process. I walked into a trip with 10 strangers and walked away with 10 lifetime friends from all over the U.S. a trip to never be forgotten for sure!

From the owner: Women on the GrOw specializes in trips for women focusing on personal growth, adventure,…read moreexperiencing local foods and activities, enjoying the outdoors, and learning the basics of travel. We personalize and take care of the details while sharing our knowledge. We make it a growing experience of a lifetime for you.

BEWARE. They force you sign up for auto payments when you use a credit card on their website. I…read moreeven called to verify. I wanted to buy a gift certificate for my kids and ran into this, "By providing your card information, you allow Rebecca to charge your card for futures payments in accordance with their terms." See highlighted text in the photo. They don't even tell you what the terms are that you are agreeing to when you authorized future payments. It all felt VERY scam oriented to me and I did not use my card. I am giving the recipients a Visa gift card for the amount of the tour instead.

Thank you so much for your time! The food tour was amazing!! My husband is a chef and we lived in…read moreSan Francisco so I appreciate really tasty food. I was so delighted that all of our stops were delicious and I look forward to going back to each of the restaurants. I had a food tour with another company (Taste..) the next day and today and while it was okay......... Your food tour was absolutely amazing informative, local, delicious, unique, and I am absolutely so glad that I went!! The guides were super easy to connect with and soo knowledgeable about the restaurants and the history of the area. A really special treat. Had I only gone out the other tour I would have missed out on what a fabulous food destination Minneapolis is. Thank you! Ps I will be sure to share this on yelp trip advisor and with anyone I know going to Minneapolis.

Jamie customized a weeklong Alaskan adventure for my husband, my 82 year old travel-wary mother and…read moremyself, built around what my mother could tolerate. The trip was fantastic for both my mother (afraid to travel) and my husband and I (seasoned travelers). We rode trains, saw Denali in the sunshine, took a glacier tour and kept active without the days becoming overwhelming. We will use The Wandering Puffin again. Highly recommend!!

We found Jamie while trying to find a travel agent to plan our first trip to Europe. He took the…read moretime to meet with us, listen to our wish list, then made some great suggestions based on time and location to get the most out of our trip. We spent 18 day in Europe going from London to Paris, Bruges, Munich and Rome. We had a great mix of planned activities and free time. Every detail of our trip was accounted for and planned perfectly by Jamie. We will definitely be using the Wandering Puffin for our next European adventure!!!

We did the Candlelight Ghost Tour and had such a great time! Our guide was so fun! We started at…read morethe Pillsbury Club which is in the gorgeous Pillsbury Mansion across the park from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. The wood work inside is beautiful! At the appointed time we loaded our trolley where we got our "ghost glasses" and our candles and away we went. We were entertained with stories of the old mansions and landmark around downtown Minneapolis. We got off the trolley at a couple of stops to see some of the haunted places and hear the stories. It was a chilly night but the trolley was warm and they also provided blankets to keep toasty. I will be going back for some of their other tours. If you are new to the area, want to do something different for a date night or just want to learn some fun history about Minneapolis, I recommend this tour. It was so fun!

We did the afternoon tour. Our wonderful guide (son of the owner) was cheery, friendly,…read moreaccommodating, knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and charming!! He pointed out so many hidden gems that the reviewers didn't mention!! My husband and I loved the mansions, the huge trees, the myriad parks, and the Pillsbury mansion.

Really loved this museum!! Especially the observation deck and the movie at the end . There was a…read morebread tasting and a fool proof recipe given. It was informative in terms of understanding the city culture and flour milling. Great gift shop too! I highly recommend.

Really enjoyed the tour and the docent was very informative. Had a great time…read more .