Rhode Island

Top 10 Places

10. Crescent Park Carousel in Riverside

9. Battle of Rhode Island Site in Portsmouth (significant encroachment by development)

8. Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge

7. Newport – Ocean Avenue & Fort Adams

      • Ocean Avenue
      • Bailey Beach
      • King’s Beach
      • Brenton Point State Park – Portuguese Discovery Monument & The Reef Estate Tower “Bells”
      • Castle Hill Lighthouse
      • Fort Adams State Park – Eisenhower House

6. Block Island

      • Block Island National Wildlife Refuge
      • Mohegan Bluffs
      • Block Island Sound
      • North Lighthouse
      • Southeast Lighthouse
      • Clay Head Nature Trail

5. Downtown Newport

      • Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
      • Old Colony House
      • Bowen’s Wharf
      • Newport Tower
      • Museum of Newport History
      • Artillery Co of Newport

4. Providence

      • Benefit Street
      • The Arcade and Downcity
      • Rhode Island State House
      • Providence Athenaeum
      • Brown University – John Brown House
      • Roger Williams National Memorial

3. Newport – Bellevue Avenue

      • Redwood Library and Athenaeum
      • International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum
      • Kingscote
      • The Elms
      • Chateau-sur-Mer
      • National Museum of American Illustration

2. Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park and the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor (both partially in Massachusetts)

      • Blackstone River State Park – Wilbur Kelly Museum
      • Ashton Historic District
      • Slater Mill National Historic Landmark District
      • Slatersville Historic District – Slatersville Mill
      • Whitinsville Historic District (Massachusetts)
      • Hopedale Village Historic District (Massachusetts)

1. Newport Cliff Walk

      • Forty Steps
      • The Breakers
      • Rosecliff
      • Beechwood (Astor Mansion)
      • Marble House – Chinese Tea House
      • Rough Point

State Info

A) State Nicknames

      • The Ocean State
      • The Plantation State
      • Little Rhody

B) State Symbols

      • Bird: Rhode Island red (Gallus gallus domesticus)
      • Tree: Red maple (Acer rubrum)
      • Flower: Violet (Viola sororia)
      • American folk art: Crescent Park Carousel (built in 1895 by Charles I.D. Looff)
      • Flagship: “Providence” (replica)
      • Fish: Striped bass (Morone saxatilis)
      • Sailing educational vessel: SSV Oliver Hazard Perry
      • Insect: American burying beetle
      • Marine mammal: Harbor seal

C) Major Metros

      • Providence (state capital)

D) Other Places

      • Beavertail State Park
      • Bristol – Herreshoff Marine Museum with the America’s Cup Hall of Fame, plus the Blithewold Mansion & Gardens
      • Colt State Park
      • Goddard Memorial State Park
      • New Shoreham – Mohegan Bluffs, Southeast Lighthouse, North Lighthouse, and 1661 Farm & Gardens

E) Iconic Foods

      • State Shell: Quahaug (Mercenaria mercenaria) – Clam Cakes & Stuffies
      • State Fruit: Rhode Island greening apple
      • State Drink: Coffee milk
      • State Appetizer: Calamari
      • Rhode Island Clam Chowder (clear broth with quahaugs)
      • Kale Soup (Caldo Verde)
      • Hot Wieners (sausages made with pork, veal and spices, ordered “all the way,” with onions, yellow mustard, celery salt and a seasoned beef sauce)
      • Snail Salad
      • Pizza Strips (saucy, cheeseless)
      • Johnnycakes (cornbread-pancake)
      • Irish Brown Bread
      • Doughboys
      • Del’s Frozen Lemonade
      • Cabinets (coffee boiled into a syrup, combined with ice cream and milk)

F) Famous People

      • Roger Williams
      • Nathanael Greene
      • Oliver Hazard Perry
      • H. P. Lovecraft