Throughout HBO's The Gilded Age, currently airing its third season, there are frequent references to Newport, Rhode Island. For the rich socialites of New York, Newport was a popular summer holiday, ...

After Newport was founded in 1639, the waterfront town grew into a bustling trading port, serving as Newport's main source of economic growth throughout the 18th century. As trade flourished, the ...

The John Bliss House in Newport has officially been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The home on Wilbur Avenue is one of Rhode Island's oldest remaining buildings. It is estimated to ...

“Stand back, I’m about to act,” Ashlie Atkinson, who plays gossipy Mrs. Fish on HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” jokes as she prepares for another take of a luncheon scene that finds her giving side-eye to Mrs ...

AT THE ANNUAL town meeting in Newport in the spring of 1870, a warrant was put forth “To see what action the town will take in regard to a History of the town …” The measure passed, and a committee ...

Newport is one of New England’s great small cities, and it is often seen as an area swarming with tourists as well as being a place where the ultra rich hobnob with other well-to-do folks. But this ...