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EPISODE · Feb 22, 2021 · 17 MIN

1. VIKING RUINS in Rhode Island?

from Weird Island · host Sara Elizabeth Corben

To Visit: Newport Tower: 5 Touro Park St W. Newport, Rhode Island, 02840Hours: Always available for viewingNewport Tower Museum: 152 Mill St, Newport, RI 02840Dighton Rock: 3rd Avenue, Berkley, MA. 02779Museum Hours: By appointment only; open daily at 9:00SOURCES: The Controversy Touching the Old Stone Mill in the Town of Newport: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015089568243&view=1up&seq=53The Archaeology of the Old Stone Mill in Newport, Rhode Island, by William S. Godfrey Jr.: https://www.jstor.org/stable/277246?seq=1The Enigma Of Dighton Rock: https://www.americanheritage.com/enigma-dighton-rock#5Dighton Rock, a Study of the Written Rocks of New England, by Edmund Delabarre: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b542245&view=1up&seq=32Britannica, Vinland: https://www.britannica.com/place/VinlandThe Newport Tower, by Jason Colativo: http://www.jasoncolavito.com/the-newport-tower.htmlThe Newport Tower Museum: http://www.newporttowermuseum.com/styled-4/index.htmlMusic: Swimmey Texture Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Thunderbird Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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There’s a mysterious tower in Newport, Rhode, and no one can explain when or why it was built. Could it be a Viking ruin?

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