Longfellow, Minneapolis Sci-fi and mystery, rebuilt

Uncle Hugo’s & Uncle Edgar’s

The country’s oldest science fiction bookstore, paired with its mystery sibling, both rebuilt after the original Chicago Avenue building burned in 2020. Owner Don Blyly reopened in the former Glass Endeavors space near Moon Palace and kept the towering, maze-like used stock intact. A genre institution that refused to disappear.

Saves land in your shortlist; been-heres fill your Passport. Both shape the Best of MPLS. Anonymous, never sold.

2716 E 31st St, Minneapolis Get directions www.unclehugo.com $$
Hours
Sun12p–5p
Mon10a–6p
Tue10a–6p
Wed10a–6p
Thu10a–6p
Fri10a–6p
Sat10a–6p

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