Spring Grove, MN

united states

Spring Grove is a small city in southeastern Minnesota's bluff country, about an hour south of Rochester via Highway 52 and Highway 16. The town of 1,177 sits in a valley setting typical of this Norwegian heritage region near the Iowa border. Highway 44 runs east-west through town, connecting to the broader regional network. Spring Grove proudly claims to be America's first Norwegian settlement, founded in 1852.