Providence and Newport swim in attention from Rhode Island visitors, but there’s plenty to see beyond the city and the sea in ...

The location of the HMS Endeavour, a lost ship belonging to 18th-century British explorer Captain James Cook, has been confirmed as Rhode Island's Newport Harbor.

The answer to a centuries-old nautical mystery is sitting at the bottom of the waters off the Rhode Island coast, scientists confirm.

It's beach season, and there's no shortage of great beach towns in Rhode Island. And one of them recently landed on the Condé Nast Traveler list of the 17 best beach towns on the East Coast ...

During the Gilded Age, many of the wealthiest Americans established Newport, Rhode Island, as their premier summertime escape, with families like the Vanderbilts and Astors hiring the era’s ...

The final resting place of Captain Cook's Endeavour, the legendary ship that first brought the British to Australia, has been identified after 250 years.

The Rhode Island specialty has noticeable and smoky grill marks here, just the right thinness (which almost resembles a nicely-pounded chicken cutlet), and very sturdy scissors for cutting.

Newport Harbor Shuttle, six stops along Newport Harbor, $18 for all-day hop-on-hop-off access Block Island Ferry, operates seasonally, $50.50 per person round trip.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Experts have finally confirmed that a shipwreck off the coast of Rhode Island is the wreckage of Captain James Cook’s HMS Endeavour.

Captain James Cook’s long-lost ship was discovered 250 years later off the coast of Rhode Island. The Australian National Maritime Museum confirmed that the remains of a shipwreck in Newport ...

The Declaration of Independence was first read to the citizens of Rhode Island from the steps of the Colony House in Newport in 1776 and each Fourth of July, the event is recreated in celebration ...