This Weekly Escape heads to Scandinavia for new Viking heroes, turns the page on a resurgence of ‘faerie smut’ ... and delves into the Illuminati. Plus, rising liver problems linked to supplement use; and where is the real location of a hit TV series?

ART BY ARIA SAFAZEDEGAN 

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about the Vikings, rewriting history by restoring forgotten heroes to their rightful place on the battlefield. Who are they?

Related: Enormous Viking ship holds surprising clues on burial rituals 

IMAGE COURTESY BRIDGEMAN/ACI-OIL PAINTING BY J.H. TISCHBEIN 

PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRISTOPHER PAYNE, ESTO

Endless hallways. Distant departments. The suspenseful TV hit series Severance is filmed at a real-life office complex that is just as massive an eerie—and has an iconic history in its own right. Where is it? 

A. Long Island, New York
B. New Jersey
C. Orange County, California
D. Schaumberg, Illinois

Related: Does this Civil War battleground have a Severance connection? 

Today’s Soundtrack: Things Will Get Better, Cleo Sol

Today’s newsletter was edited and curated by David Beard and produced by Amanda Williams-Bryant. Thanks for reading!