Explore the remarkable Viking voyages that led Norse explorers to North America around 1000 AD centuries before Columbus set sail. Uncover how Leif Erikson and his crew used advanced seafaring skills ...

A pair of 13th-century Icelandic texts known as the “Vinland Saga” describes the journey of famous Norse explorer Leif Erikson to a land the Vikings called Vinland. Although there’s plenty of poetic ...

More than a millennium ago, legendary Norse Viking Leif Erikson forever changed the course of history when he fearlessly embarked on a daring expedition into the unknown, becoming the first European ...

Crews have been busy putting up the Viking ship shelter over the Leif Erikson vessel. She sits near the Knife River Depot. It’s a replica of what the Vikings used to sail. The restored ship sailed ...