Rhode Island
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16.7K5Carl Rettich, The RI Mobster Who Invented Cement Shoes
When Carl Rettich moved to a seaside mansion on Warwick Neck in Warwick, R.I., people thought he was a genteel lawyer named...
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13.8K16 Religious Revival Camps
Tens of thousands of New Englanders went to religious revival camps in the summer to pray, preach and sing during the 19th...
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8.8K1The Top Secret Reeducation Camp in RI During World War II
Some of Germany’s finest writers and artists churned out an anti-Nazi newspaper at a secret reeducation camp in Narragansett, R.I., from February...
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25.6K16Six Prohibition Speakeasies You Can Still Visit
When the 18th Amendment to the Constitution took effect on January 17, 1920, New England’s taverns suddenly became speakeasies. Law enforcement couldn’t...
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8.6K3William Barton Goes From Hero to Deadbeat and Back
Rhode Island’s Col. William Barton seized his place in history in July of 1777 when he slipped into Middletown, R.I. He passed more...
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7.0K6 Historic Boat Rides
Early American history is inextricably linked with maritime history, and there’s no better way to get a feel for it than to...
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