Rhode Island is a state located in the Appalachian region of USA. Despite of its name, as revealed from the map of Rhode Island, a major portion of this state lies on North American mainland. As far its coastline is concerned, from the map of Rhode Island it can be seen that state has over 400 miles of coastline.

Further a detailed map of Rhode Island reveals that this state is divided into 5 counties, and has all together 39 cities and towns. Rhode Island is well known for its support for freedom. In fact it was the first American colony to declare independence from Great Britain. However, Rhode Island was in fact the last of the thirteen colonies to give official sanction to the constitution of United States.

There is lot to see and do in this beautiful state of Rhode Island, however amongst the various Rhode Island travel destinations the mansions in Newport, Rhode Island draws in a huge amount of crowd. Every year numerous visitors from various parts of the country visit the state of Rhode Island.  It is due to this that the tourism industry in Rhode Island is flourishing. Reports reveal that for they year 2004 alone the Rhode Island tourism industry earned more than $2.78 billions. It is due to the significant growth of Rhode Island’s tourism industry that it has become second largest industry in the state.