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How Far into North America did Vikings go? Part 2
The Case of the Kensington Runestone continues...
L' Anse aux Meadows
This famous UNESCO World Heritage Site is widely accepted as a pre-Columbian Nordic settlement, dating around the year 1000. You can find L'Anse aux Meadows in…
How Far into North America did Vikings go? Part 1
The case of the Kensington Runestone
Take a trip to central MinnesotaIn 1898, Swedish immigrant Olof Ohman unearthed the stone pictured above in Douglas County, Minnesota. Ohman found the stone tangled in tree roots while clearing…