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The grassy Norse settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows beside the Newfoundland coast
GO-LIST / Labrador · Newfoundland & Labrador

L’Anse aux Meadows

WHY IT'S ON MY GO-LIST

A windswept Norse archaeological site at the very edge of Newfoundland, with reconstructed turf buildings and the North Atlantic stretching out beyond them. It’s tangible proof that Europeans reached North America about 1,000 years ago—and precisely the kind of lonely, history-soaked landscape I can’t resist.