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An Ode to the Spring Lake Arcade in Burrillville

The oldest penny arcade in the country has been around since the 1930s.

Lauren Clem,

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A Look Back at Garden City Center's Past as a Coal Mine

The beloved outdoor shopping center in Cranston operated as a coal mine for more than a century.

Paul Kandarian,

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Celebrate International Emancipation Day with the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society at God’s Little Acre

The Newport cemetery is the oldest surviving collection of burial markers for enslaved and free people of African descent.

Lauren Clem,

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Inside the Real Gilded Age of Newport

The social-climbers, scandalmongers and suffragettes who made it a time to remember in New England’s favorite oceanfront enclave.

Lauren Clem

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Two Decades Ago, They Sailed A Tall Ship to California for a Hollywood Movie. Now They're Reuniting in Newport.

The crew of the Rose, an eighteenth-century replica tall ship that starred in an Academy Award-winning film, will reunite at an event celebrating the release of Will Sofrin's new book chronicling the journey.

Lauren Clem,

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Uncovering the East Bay's War Wounds

More than 160 years ago, Portsmouth played host to a Civil War hospital.

Paul Kandarian,

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The Story Behind the Zoo's Sentinel Dog

The iconic bronze dog statue is 172 years old — and that's not even in dog years.

Dana Rae Laverty,

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Behind the Cover

How a Gilded Age socialite photographed in black and white at a party in 1883 became the cover star of our June 2023 issue.

Lauren Clem,

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Modern Transport

Willie K. Vanderbilt II founded the Vanderbilt Cup, the country’s first international auto race, in Newport in 1904.

Lauren Clem,

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Night on the Town

The Tiffany Ball at Marble House was the place to be and be seen in 1957.

Lauren Clem,