Many have claimed to have "discovered" the America's first. From Christopher Columbus, to Leif Erikson, all the way to the first paleoindians who set foot on the continent during the last ice age ...

With both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day being celebrated on Oct. 9, some are asking if Christopher Columbus was really the first European in America.

Most of us were taught that Christopher Columbus discovered America. Yet it is far from clear cut. There are alternative theories about who got here first — some well-documented, others much ...

First person to arrive in North America: Leif Erikson. It is a widely held belief that Mr. Erikson, a Norse explorer, was the first European to reach the shores of North America.

Tyler Hardy, the man who discovered 19-year-old Noah Presgrove's body on the side of an Oklahoma highway last year, is speaking publicly for the first time.

This United Airlines film narrated by actor Burgess Meredith takes a bird's eye journey across the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific. "Discover America" was also the name of a public ...

I Was the First Person in America to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine. It Taught Me a Powerful Lesson ...

A push to recognize Leif Erikson's exploration led to a holiday that competes with Columbus Day—but there's a dark side to the story.

A version of a 500-year-old world map that was the first to mention the name "America" has been discovered in a German university library.