It can be a good life in the new lands, and if it takes a while to experience it all then the journey will be an epic worthy of a viking chieftain.

Want to "walk" through a real Viking village? The sequences below from the NOVA film "The Vikings" offer a fascinating and unprecedented look at Birka, a medieval Viking village that archeologists ...

Viking families came to settle on these lands. There wasn't much good farmland in the Vikings' own countries, and they were looking for a better life. The most important city in the Danelaw was th ...

Schierenberg said: "As a longtime fan, I am delighted that Rory has chosen to make Viking his new home. He is a superlative storyteller who combines the flair of the very best espionage with the ...

But Greenland, named by Viking adventurer Erik the Red to attract settlers, has a history of human habitation that stretches back more than 4,000 years. The self-governing region of Denmark has ...