Rhode Island
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26.7K36 Hollywood Stars Buried in New England
New England may be associated more with summer stock theatre than the silver screen, but it didn’t take much to find 6...
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25.2K8The Highest Point in Each New England State
You might think the most challenging mountain climbing adventure in New England is to the highest point in the region: Mount Washington...
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15.2K3The 1965 Drought, New England’s Worst Ever
It will probably be several centuries before the Northeast United States again suffers anything like the 1965 drought. It was the driest...
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19.3K46 Working Class Heroes Memorialized
New England’s working class heroes occupy far less space on commons and greens than soldiers and politicians. Few were laid to rest...
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23.9K1Rhode Island’s Awful Awful Love Affair: A History
The Awful Awful, a quirky Rhode Island drink, has survived multiple bankruptcies and the machinations of Wall Street. Many New Englanders remember...
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23.8K4The Tragedy of Audrey Munson, America’s First Supermodel
Though her modeling career ended by 1922, you can still see the image of Audrey Munson in museums from Hartford to San...
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