DULUTH, Minn. -- A 115-foot oaken sailing craft with an ominous dragon for a figurehead has set sail from Haugesund, Norway, en route to Duluth and other North American ports timed for summer ...

A whistle cut sharply through the misty morning, signaling to the eight oars to move as one as the Viking ship Valkyrie pushed off from a small dock. Brightly-painted wooden shields line the deck ...

For decades, Thomas Kottmeier has been driven by one obsession: to build a wooden replica Viking ship. He thought about it, studied, practiced, talked about it with his family at dinners, and found ...

OAK HARBOR, Wash. — After 13 years of craftsmanship and community effort, Valkyrie — a 60-foot, hand-built Viking ship — sailed through Deception Pass on its maiden voyage. Constructed from cedar and ...