When we visited the area last year, we did three touristy things in Newport.

We went to the Breakers. It was cool, but I don't know how many fancy houses my husband could have handled. I'm glad we only did the one.

We visited the Tennis Hall of Fame. I'm not into tennis at all, but I really enjoyed the museum and found it very interesting. If you can appreciate tennis/museums, don't discount this.

On the same block of the Tennis Hall of Fame is the Audrain Auto Museum. Again, neither my husband nor I are really into cars, but if I lived in the area, I'd buy a yearly pass to this museum. They change the displays often and there are people in there just appreciating the cars. We enjoyed the time we spent walking around.