The Leif Erikson Day meme pops up annually on October 9, often referencing an episode of SpongeBob Squarepants. Popular ...

President Joe Biden has managed this national divide by marking both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day in separate ...

Another notable explorer makes for a terrific selfie in Reykjavik itself – Leif Erikson, the first European to set foot on ...

Unpopulated and in the middle of nowhere, Point Nemo is starting to have a history. This article appears in the November 2024 ...

Norwegian immigrant Hans Sandom has created a new ship church for Minneapolis' Mindekirken, a replica of the sloop Restauration.

But even if you think he was the first European to set foot in the Americas, you’d be wrong—the Viking explorer Leif Erikson ...

Three centuries after Cristobal Colon, recognized both globally and historically as Christopher Columbus, set sail in search of a westward route to India and instead stumbled upon the shore of one of ...

Christopher Columbus did not discover America in 1492. Leif Erickson did in 992 – 500 years earlier. Therefore, the final ...

Donald M. Erickson passed away on October 2, 2024 in Kingsport, TN. Born in NJ on September 22, 1937 to parents Julian Erickson and Dorothy Berry. Don graduated from Boonton High School and lived ...

THE 32ND LEIF ERIKSON Festival takes place on Saturday in downtown Norway. Activities conclude at 7 p.m. with the torchlight parade and Viking Funeral around Strawberry Lake. Leif Erikson ...