Sometimes the iron mining and shipping industries seem so woven into the lives and history of northern Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin that they become sort of invisible. It's not that we don't see ...

After more than two decades of work, a new documentary about James J. Hill, the founder of the Great Northern Railway, will premiere online later this month. Hill, whose nickname is “Empire Builder, ” ...

Documentarians Stephen Sadis and Kyle Kegley take four hours to examine "Empire Builder" James J. Hill's transformative career. Hill's Great Northern Railway is well-represented in the Lake Superior ...

ESSEX, Mont. - Staying at the Izaak Walton Inn is stepping back into time - Essex is loaded with Great Northern Railway history as a pushing station to help trains make it over Marias Pass as well as ...

The Minnesota Transportation Museum is expecting a late arrival a week or two from now — rolling in from the early 20th century. The A-18, a personal business rail coach of “Empire Builder” and St.