NEWPORT – Pineapples adorn mansion gates, door knockers, lamp posts and even the Old Colony House, the historic meeting place ...

HBO's The Gilded Age is fiction, but informed deeply by history, with several characters that are based on real people ...

In fact, the very first hotel in Rhode Island opened in Newport almost 200 years ago. Founded in 1828, The Bellevue House has hosted thousands of visitors over its many years in operation.

Grab a stool at the oyster bar at Clarke Cooke House, built by a sea captain in 1780, and pair a glass of Sancerre with freshly shucked oysters ($3.50 each) from Nova Scotia, Maine and Rhode Island.

Disaster declaration issued over Newport Cliff Walk collapse 00:21. NEWPORT, R.I. - Rhode Island's governor has issued a "Disaster Emergency" declaration in hopes of getting millions of dollars in ...