Standout perk: The Breakers offers an audio Family Tour that engages young visitors with stories about the lives of the ...

We know the Vanderbilts and Astors. It’s time to get acquainted with the Downings, Van Hornes, and Bannisters, too.

Black history walking tour in Newport Feb. 16, 11 a.m., “Creative Survival: Newport’s Black History” walking tour, Museum of Newport History, 127 Thames St., Newport (newporthistorytours.org).

This year's gathering - taking place this weekend in Newport, Rhode Island as always - was curated by Nathaniel Rateliff and is a vivid demonstration of how much the festival's scope has expanded.

This scenic 3.5-mile walkway hugs the edge of Newport's shoreline and snakes by the backyards of many of the town's most glamorous mansions. In fact, it's one of the top things to do in Rhode Island.

Black history walking tour in Newport Feb. 16, 11 a.m., “Creative Survival: Newport’s Black History” walking tour, Museum of Newport History, 127 Thames St., Newport (newporthistorytours.org).

And in The Gilded Age Season 3 Episode 3 “Love is Never Easy,” Peggy and her family come face-to-face with the historic Black elite community of Newport, Rhode Island — and the lingering ...

One of the first families of Newport’s Gilded Age has its roots not in Rhode Island, but New York City. Patriarch Thomas Downing was a War of 1812 veteran, abolitionist, and restaurateur, who ...