RHODE ISLAND

In 1904, Judge Darius Baker issued the first speeding ticket in the United States in Newport, Rhode Island.

The first polo match in the United States was played in 1876 near Newport, Rhode Island.

The first U.S. Open in tennis was held in Newport, Rhode Island in 1881.

The first open golf tournament in the United States was held in Newport, Rhode Island in 1895.

The Newport Jazz Festival is the oldest annual jazz festival in the country.

The Cogswell Tower in Central Falls was used as an observation point during King Philip's War in 1676.

The Rhode Island State House's façade features the fourth largest self-supported marble dome in the world.

Benefit Street in Providence is known as the "Mile of History" and is believed to have the largest collection of historic buildings in the country.