Not what I expected! 15 years ago I asked Newfoundlanders to select the island’s most amazing places. Their choices surprised me!

Just over 300 years ago dreaded pirate Bartholomew Roberts set his sights on Newfoundland and began a 2-week reign of terror. Maybe.

170 years ago a ship sank in Petty Harbour inspiring a song we still sing today.

In 1905 something shiny and new — in the form of an unusual iceberg — appeared outside of St. John’s harbour and some people were convinced it was a miracle.

Did an Irish monk visit Newfoundland, carve his story in the rocks and leave again, 500 years before the Norse set up camp at L’Anse aux Meadows?

Newfoundland’s rabbits (aka snowshoe hare) and George Street United Church have exactly one thing in common — the Hon. Stephen Rendell.

90 years ago Newfoundland got mad. Mad enough to riot, trash the legislature, force the resignation of a prime minister and make headlines around the globe.

London! New York! Baccalieu! From globe-trotting music hall hit to kitchen parties in the cove, there’s a strange story behind ‘Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor’ becoming a Newfoundland folk music classic.

On March 30, 1826 Mark Rudkin shot John Philpot in a duel. It was Newfoundland’s last death by duel but was it murder?

91 years ago Hollywood came to Newfoundland and it ended in tragedy — some 27 people died in what would become known as The Viking disaster.

Unusually named and unusually tasty! How did the Newfoundland’s most beloved berry — the bakeapple — get its name?

In Newfoundland they are mopes and dogberries, but they might be grosbeaks and mountain ash, to you.