Oct 18, 2009 | WCCO-TV
Rune Stone Champion Claims More Evidence
Many Scandinavian-Americans hold it as an article of faith, or at least reason enough to ignore Columbus Day: A rock plucked from roots of a tree in Minnesota in 1898 proves the Vikings were here first.
Photo by John Kachik This month, the History Channel will air The Holy Grail in America, a Minnesota-made documentary suggesting that the famous Kensington Runestone - dug up by farmer Olaf Ohman in 1898 and covered in cryptic script - is actually evidence that the Knights Templar discovered America 100 years before Columbus and brought with them ...
Documenting a 111-year-old mystery
The Kensington Runestone is once again in the limelight. This time, as part of a documentary set to air on The History Channel this fall.