Locations
States / Provinces
Posts
2 posts found
Culture
Little Sweden in America: The 5 Most Fascinating Swedish Enclaves You've Never Visited
Between 1850 and 1920, over 1.3 million Swedes emigrated to the United States — at one point representing the third-largest immigrant group after Germans and Irish. They settled predominantly in the Upper Midwest (Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa...
History
Viking Age Norway: History, Myths, and Where to Experience It Today
The Viking Age — broadly defined as the period from the first recorded Norse raid (Lindisfarne Monastery, 793 AD) to the Battle of Hastings (1066 AD) — transformed medieval Europe and established Norse seafarers as the most wide-ranging explorers of ...