The exhaustively detailed maps are a Rhode Island treasure – an authentic piece of folk art, as well as a record of a disappearing past. And they're now being rediscovered by hikers and history ...

Black history runs deep and wide in Rhode Island, so if you want to celebrate ... Whether you opt for a self-guided walking tour with a curated map of historically significant spots in hand ...

While it sounds like Rhode Island was ahead of its time — and, in some ways, it was — what actually happened was complicated. Though Rhode Island’s Quaker population was starting to question ...