Things to Do in Providence

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Things to Do in Providence

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Benefit Street
The centerpiece of any visit to Providence is the "mile of History,"...
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Brown University
The nation's seventh-oldest college, founded in 1764, is an Ivy...
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Culinary Arts Museum
An offbeat, fascinating museum in an otherwise nondescript building...
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Federal Hill
You're as likely to hear Italian as English in this neighborhood...
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First Baptist Church in America
This historic house of worship was built in 1775 for a congregation...
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First Unitarian Church of Providence
This Romanesque house of worship made of Rhode Island granite...
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Governor Henry Lippit House Museum
The two-term Rhode Island governor made his fortune selling textiles...
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John Brown House Museum
The four Brown brothers—John, Joseph, Moses, and Nicholas—were...
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John Hay Library
Built in 1910 and named for Abraham Lincoln's secretary, the...
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Market House
Though this building is not open to the public, it is a historically...
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Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
This superb museum is a multilevel complex housing paintings...
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Providence Athenaeum
Established in 1753 and housed in a Greek-revival structure of...
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Rhode Island State House
Designed by the noted firm of McKim, Mead & White and erected...
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Roger Williams National Memorial
Roger Williams contributed so significantly to the development...
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Roger Williams Park and Zoo
This regal 430-acre Victorian park is immensely popular. You...
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Waterplace Park and Riverwalk
Romantic Venetian-style footbridges, cobblestone walkways, and...
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Wickenden Street
The main artery in the Fox Point district, a formerly working-class...
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