Rhode Island
Rhode Island is small enough to drive end to end in under an hour, which makes it easy to underestimate.
Newport alone has some of the largest Gilded Age mansions in the country, built as summer cottages for families like the Vanderbilts. Providence, the capital, has a strong food and arts scene packed into a compact downtown.
The whole coastline is dotted with beaches that rarely get as crowded as the ones in Massachusetts just north of it.
Cities
Block Island
Block Island is reachable only by ferry or small plane, and its Mohegan Bluffs and quiet…
Explore →Newport
Newport's mansions, especially The Breakers, show just how much money moved through American industry in the…
Explore →Providence
Providence is home to Johnson and Wales University's culinary program, and the restaurant scene shows it.…
Explore →Warwick
Warwick sits along Narragansett Bay and works well as a practical base near the airport, with…
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