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Rhode Island

“The Ocean State”

RI is not an island in the ocean, but the smallest state in the US is a “Swamp Yankee” destination for yachting, quahogs, and shipwrecks. Nonetheless, landlubbers can explore the Newport Mansions, or discover the oldest carousel, schoolhouse, synagogue, military monument, circus, and Quonset hut in the land.

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