Absalom Boston, the first African American whaling ship captain in Nantucket, was one of twelve individuals inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in Newport over the weekend.
Originally home to a profitable textile firm in the mid nineteenth century, the Ashton Mill now houses beautiful luxury apartments overlooking the Blackstone River.
Guests at DiMillo's On the Water can dine on baked stuffed lobster in a floating restaurant that once ferried passengers between Jamestown and Newport.
Rhode Tour turns the state into a collection of stories waiting to be discovered, and its upcoming 40th tour invites Rhode Islanders to reconsider the traces of Revolutionary history hiding in familiar places.