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Wisconsin's Rustic Roads: 70 back roads worth the detour

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Premiering 30 years ago in 1996, this PBS Wisconsin documentary travels the state’s Rustic Roads system, slowing down through the Driftless Area, past round barns and into rural and small-town Wisconsin.

Wisconsin's Rustic Roads: 70 back roads worth the detour

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