It’s beginning to look a lot like the holiday season here in Rhode Island. There are plenty of magical traditions we love to indulge in during this time of year, most notably the Christmastime tours ...

Tour Gilded Age mansions, stroll the Cliff Walk, browse local art, and sip cocktails by the sea — here’s how to spend a perfect off-season weekend in Newport, R.I., just five hours from Philly.

Visiting Newport, Rhode Island, can feel like stepping onto a film set, because many scenes from HBO’s hit show “The Gilded Age” were filmed in the city’s gigantic 19th-century mansions. Even beyond ...

Evidence suggests that Newport, a popular summer tourism destination, was also a summer destination for the native people who ...