The town of Rapidan needed a new grain elevator in 1949 because their previous ... While crossing the dam was the most dramatic part of the journey, going up the hill was the most difficult ...

Imagine a six-story building, perched precariously, inching its way across a narrow bridge, a churning river below. In 1949, that’s exactly what happened at the Rapidan Dam near Mankato. A 40-ton, ...