Al Capone's Hideout In Wisconsin For Sale.

[pk]

Chicago mobster Al Capone's Wis. hideout for sale


The buyer of a scenic property in northern Wisconsin will get more than just its bar and restaurant: They'll have a former hideout of Chicago mobster Al Capone.

The 407-acre wooded site, complete with guard towers and a stone house with 18-inch-thick walls, will soon go on the auction block at a starting bid of $2.6 million.

The bank that foreclosed on the land near Couderay, about 140 miles northeast of Minneapolis, said Capone owned it in the late 1920s and early 1930s during Prohibition. Local legend claims that shipments of bootlegged alcohol were flown in on planes that landed on the property's 37-acre lake, then loaded onto trucks bound for Chicago.

"He spent a lot of time there," Chippewa Valley Bank Vice President Joe Kinnear said. "Whether it was for getting whiskey out of Canada or whoever knows. It is an incredible property."

The property was more recently used as a tourist attraction. It includes Capone's two-story stone home with a massive fireplace, two guard towers — reportedly manned with machine guns whenever Capone visited — a caretakers residence and other outbuildings.

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The Associated Press: Chicago mobster Al Capone's Wis. hideout for sale

[pk]

I remember about 15 years ago visiting this place and eating at the Restaurant. Really interesting to tour. It's a shame that it has closed. Hopefully another company will take over and start it back up as a tourist attraction again.

[dgridley]

I saw that earlier.. got sidetracked and forgot to post it.. love old gangster lore and such. I wonder if it'll sell at that price?

[Blue Baboon]

I heard there was interest in it. I'm sure it will get bought eventually. Hopefully, someone will still keep it as a bar and restaurant. I always wanted to check it out, just didn't know where it was. I remember seeing pictures of it once.

[Blue Baboon]

I was trying to find a decent photo of the Hideout, but I keep running it to sites with viruses. It's really annoying because you get that window that if you click OK it stays on the site or if you click cancel it still stays on that same site. Annoying when you can't close it.

The picture I was looking for was of the lookout towers that they have with the neon lights shaped into a guard holding a gun. I remember seeing that years ago in a photo.