500 years before Columbus set sail, a Viking ship landed on American shores. Why was this massive discovery forgotten? And what really happened to the first Europeans in the New World?

Leif Erikson didn't just stumble upon North America; he established a settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in modern-day Canada. Yet, unlike Columbus, the Vikings didn't stay. We dive into the sagas to find out why the fierce Norse warriors fled from the "New World" and why history credits the wrong explorer.

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