I live in Rhode Island. My favorite town to visit in the summer has great seafood, quiet beaches, and a bamboo forest.

Charlestown is a cute, cozy beach town near Watch Hill. Arthur D'Amario III/Shutterstock As a local, one of my favorite Rhode Island towns to visit in the summer is Charlestown. There are cute coffee shops, delicious seafood spots, and quiet, peaceful beaches. One of my favorite things to do is visit the Fantastic Umbrella Factory, a quirky village of shops. Between freezing temperatures and blizzards dumping feet of snow that last for weeks, Rhode Island can be brutal in the winter. Once i...