KNIFE RIVER — The Leif Erikson replica Viking ship has been moved from Duluth to a new home at the Knife River Heritage and Cultural Center, 180 Marina Road. Built in Korgen, Norway, the ship ...

The Leif Erikson logged more than 6,700 miles in a perilous route via Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland, and chalked up a total of 10,000 miles on its journey to Duluth and later Chicago in the ...

Crews have been busy putting up the Viking ship shelter over the Leif Erikson vessel. She sits near the Knife River Depot.

Workers broke ground on the memorial site on May 27, 1947. The dedication ceremony for the Leif Erikson Memorial was part of the Leif Erikson Day celebration held in St. Paul on October 9, 1949.

The real Leif Erikson was a Norse explorer, son of Erik the Red (who founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland), and had three siblings: Freydis, Thorvald, and Thorstein.

Pacific NW Magazine Oh, the Ballard sights Leif Erikson could explore — if he weren’t a statue Nov. 13, 2023 at 7:00 am Updated Nov. 13, 2023 at 8:00 am ...