The Crescent Park carousel, originally steam-powered and gas-lit, was Looff's showroom, and it cemented Rhode Island's place ...

Newport, and Rhode Island in general, have deep connections to some of the most infamous pirates of the Golden Age, including ...

EAST PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is renowned ... In all, Looff would create 50 carousels. In 1886, Looff came to Riverside when he made a large carousel for Col. George Boyden in Crescent Park.