You don't need a submarine or scuba gear to see the remains of these five wrecks, which are visible from shore.

Keith Stokes was named Rhode Island’s new historian laureate in April. As part of his role, Stokes will deliver lectures at special events and ceremonies, and promote civics education in the state.

With its peaceful waterfront location, you might expect Sunset Cove in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to require hard-to-get ...

“Linguistically, we view it as a huge deal, because it’s a change in these broad patterns that go all the way back to the Colonial era.” While Stanford didn’t do fieldwork in Rhode ...

One of the original 13 colonies, Rhode Island is home to many historic restaurants. These are some of the oldest restaurants ...

Rhode Island—blink and you could miss this tiny state on a map. But what this corner of New England lacks in size, it over-delivers with classic East Coast charm. It’s no secret Rhode Island ...

Congregation Jeshuat Israel, which used to worship at the Touro Synagogue, has been embroiled in a legal battle with the New York-based Congregation Shearith Israel for years.

A book by an emeritus professor at Brown argues that the revolution was one of the greatest the world has known and "affected ...

Written by Paul Mullins On June 14, 1775—more than a year before the Declaration of Independence was signed and well before the U.S. Constitution was ever drafted—the Second Continental Congress made ...

Jean Lin came to New York City with a desire to take up space. When she arrived in 2003, the budding creative was caught up ...

Here, visitors can tour what was the last one-room schoolhouse in the state, explore the North End Farm (a Revolutionary War-era homestead ... Cove in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to require hard ...