If you walk down Mount Auburn Street in Cambridge, you might notice a small stone marker that states, âon this spot in the year 1000, Leif Erikson built his house in Vineland.â You might be surprised to learn that Leif Erikson had a house in Cambridge, and if so, youâll be even more surprised to learn that the lower Charles River was the seat of a thriving Norse city around the turn of the first millennium. Learn about Harvard professor Eben Norton Horsfordâs theory that the legendary Viking city of Norumbega was situated along the Charles River in this weekâs podcast!
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