Stand at the windswept edge of Newfoundland’s northern peninsula, where weathered Norse foundations pierce through wild grasses, and you’ll find yourself at the only authenticated Viking settlement in North America. Five centuries before Columbus set sail, Norse explorers crossed the Atlantic and built workshops, dwellings, and a smithy on these shores around 1000 CE. What they left behind would remain hidden for nearly a millennium, preserved beneath layers of peat and coastal vegetation, waiting to rewrite the story of European contact with the Americas.
The discovery of …