Image Source If you've ever stared at a Rhode Island map and skipped over that little pork-chop-shaped dot offshore, you're missing one of the prettiest islands in New England. Block Island sits about 12 miles off the coast, and it feels like you traveled a lot farther than that. There are no traffic lights. No chain stores screaming at you. Just bluffs, beaches, lighthouses, and a downtown that looks frozen in the best way. Most folks come over for a quick day trip and end u

If you've ever driven along the Rhode Island coast and seen a pair of stone towers arching over the road, you've already met Narragansett. Locals just call it 'gansett. It's a salty, surf-loving, beach-town stretch of coastline tucked into Rhode Island's South County. Most visitors come for the beaches, then stay because the rest of the town quietly wins them over.