Expanded parking facilities have been prepared in the Leif Erikson field ahead of the Duluth Symphony Orchestra's concert at ...

The chancellor’s efforts to stimulate foreign direct investment came as figures from the Office for National Statistics show that job cuts in the UK have reached their highest level since the height ...

Bay Ridge residents mourn the loss of two neighborhood staples. The Leif Irish Pub and Emphasis Diner are closing after ...

This year’s 60th annual Ragamuffin Parade is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 1 p.m. The parade committee ...

So Erik rocked up in Greenland, becoming the first viking on the island. He’s credited with coining the name “green land” as ...

As 2025 began, I marveled at among other things still being here.

After forty-plus years of restoration by Save Our Ship, Inc. (S.O.S., Inc.) the Leif Erikson Viking ship will be on display and open to the public this weekend during the “Annual Julebyen (pronounced ...

Save Our Ship, Inc. has been working on the restoration. It will debut at the annual “Julebyen Christmas Village” celebration in Knife River. The boat was built in Norway in 1926 as a replica of the ...

Leif Erikson was a Norse explorer from Iceland, born around 970-980 C.E., who is widely believed to be the first European to set foot in North America — approximately 500 years before Christopher ...

Freydís Eiríksdóttir is one of the most puzzling people in Viking history, with two conflicting Norse sagas painting radically different portraits of her character. The daughter of Erik the Red and ...

Erik the Red is one of the most interesting figures in Norse history. Epitomizing the Viking spirit of adventure and conquest, Erik is widely (and mistakenly) remembered as the first European to ...