Viking explorer Leif Erikson is remembered with a large statue in front of the landmark church Hallgrimskirkja in Reykjavik, Iceland. Thanks to famous tales of discovery involving the likes of Erik ...

Archaeologists discovered a small stone carving in Iceland that dates back around 1,200 years. It depicts a Viking ship with its sail unfurled. Street View Image from ...

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND—Live Science reports that a team of researchers led by Kevin Smith of Brown University has investigated a stone structure in Surtshellir Cave, which is located near a volcano ...

A misty rain begins to fall as we ride through the rocky meadows in Hafnarfjörður, a small coastal region outside Reykjavik. The sturdy Icelandic horse I’m riding pays no mind and continues her steady ...

Apocalypse as a final event has been recognized by several cultures, including the Vikings. Their culture instructed its members to follow certain practices, which would protect them during Ragnarök, ...

PORT OF DYSNES, ICELAND—Iceland Magazine reports that four Viking-era burials have been discovered at Eyjafjörður fjord in North Iceland. Two of the intact burials, which date to the ninth or tenth ...

ROSKILDE, Denmark — For thousands of years, wooden sailboats allowed the peoples of Northern Europe to spread trade, influence and sometimes war across seas and continents. In December, the UN’s ...

ROSKILDE, DENMARK — On the skipper’s command, deckhands haul in tarred ropes to lower the flax sail. Oars splash into the water. The crew, grimacing with strain, pull with steady strokes to send the ...