Rhode Island, smallest in the Union, is no bigger than a good-sized Texas ranch, but it offers large vacation possibilities for people who love the seaside. Newport is America's oldest and still one of its most celebrated summer resorts. Colonists found recreation here long before the Revolution, and after the Civil War New York's new millionaires built enormous, multi-million-dollar summer "cottages"—some of which are still to be seen. One of them has been transformed into a resort hotel. Newport has been given new life (some older residents say it's too much new life) by the annual Jazz Festival over the Fourth of July weekend. Other top resorts are Watch Hill and Block Island, about ten miles offshore.
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