ORFORDVILLE—Grain elevators, those squat metal bins connected by overhead conveyor systems, are a common sight in rural Wisconsin. In Orfordville, a residential neighborhood on the village's west end ...

Ely’s grain elevator in Guide Rock, Nebraska, is shown on Oct. 10, 2025. The elevator has a capacity of over 1 million bushels across 15 bins, two flat storage buildings and a new temporary bunker.

RAPIDAN, MINN. – 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 ...