Sunday, November 17, 2013

SSS: Rhode Island

RHODE ISLAND
"Ocean State"
Rhode Island may be the smallest state in America, but their motto is "Hope" which makes me love it already. :) & Since Rhode Island is so small (48 miles long & 42 miles wide) I'm planning to see pretty much everything this tiny state has to offer. ;)
Block Island:
-Mohegan Bluffs (200 feet high)
-Block Island Beach Rec Area
-New Shoreham (the island's only town)
Bristol:
-Colt State Park
-Coggeshall Farm (replica of 18th century working farm)
-Roger Williams University
-Blithewold Mansion & Gardens
-Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
-Brown University (Native American Arts & cultural items)
-Herreshoff Marine Museum & America's Cup Hall of Fame
Newport:
-Tour a mansion on Bellevue Ave
-Hammersmith Farm
-Friends Meeting House
-Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
-Fort Adams State Park
-Old Colony House, Washington Square
-Gooseberry & Easton's Beaches, Sachuest & Third Beaches
Pawtucket:
-Slater Mill Historic Site
-Blackstone River National Heritage Corridor
Providence
- "costume jewelry capital of the nation"
-Ivy League Brown University, the Museum of Art-- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence College, Rhode Island College, & Johnson and Wales University
-first Baptist Church in America
-Benefit Street's "Mile of History"
-Roger Williams Park
Warwick:
-known for its malls & outlet stores
-Warwick City Park
-Oakland Beach
Westerly:
-villages: Westerly, Watch Hill, Bradford, Avondale
-beaches between Watch Hill & Weekapaug
-The Flying Horse Carousel at Watch Hill
Woonsocket:
-Museum of Work and Culture

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