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History & Culture

• Rhode Island Historical Society
• Visit Rhode Island - official state tourism site
• State Naval History
• Know Rhode Island - history and facts about the Ocean State
• Facts & History – more fun facts
• A Short History of Rhode Island - with timeline

Cemeteries & Gravestone Studies

• Rhode Island Cemeteries Database
• RI Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project
• African Slave Markers in Colonial Newport

Highways, Byways & Roadside Attractions

• Roadside America - Rhode Island
• The Big Blue Bug - courtesy of New England Pest Control
• Rhode Island Carousels
• Rhode Island Red Commemorative Monument - a monument to a chicken
• Green Animals Topiary Gardens
• White Horse Tavern - oldest operating tavern in America, in Newport
• Newport Butterfly Farm
• Jailhouse Inn - restored colonial jail is now an inn
• Culinary Archives and Museum
• Fort Adams State Park
• New England Wireless and Steam Museum
• Kenyon Grist Mill - still working grist mill in West Kingston

Legends & Folklore

• Shipwrecks of Rhode Island

Local Color

• The Fools’ Rules Regatta - unusual boating event in Jamestown
• Haven Bros. Diner - best hot dogs around...a Providence landmark
• Indian Place Names of Rhode Island
• American Indian Place Names of Rhode Island - Dr. Frank O'Brien's excellent site...very detailed 
• NY System Hot Weiners - favorite foods and nostalgia of Rhode Island
• Newport Creamery - home of the Awful Awful
• Weird RI – LiveJournal blog of cool Rhode Island stuff

People

• The Tree Root That Ate Roger Williams
• The Dancing Cop - from Providence
• Thomas Wilson Dorr - Dorr's Rebellion
• Samuel Slater - father of the Industrial Revolution
• H. P. Lovecraft - father of modern horror...his gravestone says "I Am Providence."
• Mary Butterworth - Rhode Island's most successful counterfeiter (see 6th paragraph down)
• Salty Brine - RI's beloved radio personality
• Marie Rose Ferron - a modern case of stigmata!
• The Legend of Beatrice Turner
• Rose Martin - buried in her Corvair

Places & Explorations

• Old Stone Mill
• Drum Rock - and other Warwick attractions
• Rhode Island Geo-History – listing of various natural settings to visit
• State Capitol Building - featuring the second largest self-supporting marble dome in the world
• Insane Bunkers - urban explorers based out of Rhode Island
• Purgatory Chasm - legend has it that it is haunted...not to be confused with Purgatory Chasm State Park in Massachusetts

Phenomena

• Sea Creature Spook Local Swimmers
• Block Island Monster Mystery

Ghosts & Hauntings

• Ghosts Tours of Newport, RI
• Sprague Mansion
• Belcourt Castle
• East Coast Paranormal Research Society
• RI's Haunted History
• Ramtail Factory - featuring the ghost of Peleg Walker
• Block Island Ghost Ship

Vampires

• Rhode Island Stories - features vampires stories
• Mercy Brown: New England's Last Vampire

Misc.

• Funky Rhody - dedicated to the weird in Rhode Island
• Quahog.org - the definitive Rhode Island roadmap...this is a GREAT site!

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