There are many great tales and adventure stories about Iceland. G Adventures details the various sagas they experienced on their trek around Iceland. Learn the accounts of Iceland's past and soak in ...

Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas in 1492 is often presented as a major discovery, but this view obscures a much older reality. Many populations had already set foot on these lands ...

Edited by Jane Smiley et al. Viking. 782 pp. $40 The Icelandic sagas might be likened to a sort of literary Stonehenge, a palpable and towering accomplishment that remains forever inexplicable. We ...

Academics have uncovered complex social networks within age-old Icelandic sagas, which challenge the stereotypical image of Vikings as unworldly, violent savages. Academics at Coventry University have ...

The Saga Museum brings Iceland's Viking history to life through realistic silicone figures depicting significant moments in Icelandic history. Visitors can immerse themselves in the sagas, listen to ...

William Ecenbarger was a longtime reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer. I hand the agent my brottfarerspjald, step on board Icelandair Flight 642. Just before takeoff, the flight attendant stands ...

Christopher Columbus was far from the first person, and not even the first European, to reach the Americas.