Newport’s Cliff Walk is a 3.5 mile long trail that winds along the shoreline and passes through 64 private properties, many of which are mansions. Most of Newport’s most famous estates, like Rosecliff and The Breakers are along this path (we actually toured Rosecliff in May ’09 but...
Photos taken May & October 2009 Simply put, this is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Mohegan Bluffs, found on the southern end of Block Island, drop down nearly 200 feet to the beach below. Centuries ago, much of the Mohegan tribe was forced...
I read about this cemetery after my first trip to Block Island and decided to look for it on my second trip. I had never been to an “Indian” cemetery before and was curious to see one. This graveyard was used by the Manisee tribe who originally inhabited...
This place can be found along the water in Scarborough State Park. We noticed it coming back from the Block Island Ferry. Really not much to say, other than it’s impressive oceanfront ruins. Poison ivy abounded here; luckily I managed to avoid it.
Not far from the port on Block Island can be found the ruins of the Ocean View Hotel, destroyed by fire in 1966. Sections of the foundation and some rubble are all that remains of it today. The area also had quite a bit of poison ivy, so...
I had been meaning to get to this one for a number of years, but it was usually out of the way. Since we were touring a mansion in Newport, I finally had a chance to get to the “Viking Tower” in Touro Park. Nobody seems to be...
Yet another find through geocaching. I’ve tried to find the name of this cemetery or even some history behind it, but I’ve come up empty so far. All I know is a factory and/or mill used to be nearby. I found no ruins other than the cemetery and...
Mercy Brown is one of America’s most famous ‘vampires’. Her family had a long history of being killed by consumption, and Mercy was no exception. After her death in 1892, members of her family were still being claimed by it. Since it was attacking just the Brown family,...
