Inside Newport's Gilded Age Mansions

In 1636, Roger Williams founded Providence Plantations on radical principles—religious freedom, separation of church and state and equality.

Meredith Ewenson walks the Revolutionary War Trail in Newport, Rhode Island, with sites including the White Horse Tavern, Hunter House and more.

Meredith Ewenson walks the Revolutionary War Trail in Providence, Rhode Island, with sites including the Stephen Hopkins House, John Brown House Museum and more.

In 1867, the more than 580,000-acre Alaska territory became part of the United States. But it would be 92 years before The Last Frontier became the 49th State.