Things to do / Travel Guide
- Why is Boston called Beantown? At one time, Boston's port was once filled with ships bringing in sugar and molasses from the West Indies. When some clever Bostonian got the idea of cooking beans and molasses together, a new culinary masterpiece was created - Boston Baked Beans, which quickly became a favorite dish of the locals.
- St. Patrick's Day was first celebrated in North America in 1737, in none other than Boston. In modern times, Boston expects 600,000 revelers on the celebratory day.
- Texas is about 165 times larger than Rhode Island. It's no urban myth that Rhode Island can fit into some ranches in Texas.
- Rhode Island may be smaller than some ranches in Texas, but it boasts fully 20% of the U.S.'s historical landmarks.
- Rhode Island may be smaller than some backyards in Texas, but the state's official name is the longest in the Union: The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
- Polo was played for the first time in the United States in 1876 near Newport, Rhode Island. The city also hosted the first U.S. Open golf tournament, in 1895.
- The first jail sentence for speeding in an automobile in the United States was given out on August 28, 1904 in Newport.
- The movie “Mystic Pizza,” which introduced us to Julia Roberts and in which Matt Damon had his debut role, takes place in none other than Mystic, Connecticut.
- If you want to see the famous Kennedy haunts in Hyannis, be prepared to take a site-seeing cruise - the only way to see the compound is from the water.
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