SEASON IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND.
SHAYNA: KNOWN AS THE CITY BY THE SEA, NEWPORT IS ONE OF THE PRETTIEST DESTINATIONS, EVEN IN THE WINTER.
THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF THINGS TO DO DURING AN OFF-SEASON VISIT.
STARTING WITH A 3.5 MILE STROLL.
HISTORIC MANSIONS ON ONE SIDE AND WAVES ON THE OTHER.
JUST AWESOME.
I AM READY TO BRING ON THE HEAT.
DESTINATION, THAMES GLASS.
VISITORS CAN SHOP A SELECTION OF HANDMADE GOOD.
OR, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN.
>> WE DO LESSONS WITH TORRES.
-- TOURISTS.
SHAYNA: I ATTEMPTED TO MAKE AN ORNAMENT.
GATHER MOLTEN GLASS OUT OF A FURNACE AND REINFLATE THE GLASS AND SHAPE INTO DIFFERENT OBJECTS.
IT TAKES TWO YEARS OF REGULAR PRACTICE YOU CAN MAKE OBJECTS.
SHAYNA: IT IS HARD TO TELL WHAT THE FINAL PRODUCT LOOK LIKE, BUT I AM QUITE PLEASED.
NEXT STOP, THE CENTER OF TOWN WITH ITS COBBLESTONE STREETS AND THIS.THE AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM.
>> WE OWN ABOUT 210 VEHICLES RIGHT NOW.
WE SHOW AND WE ROTATE.
YOU CAN COME BACK AND SEE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT EXHIBITION.
SHAYNA: CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY, BIG, BOLD AND GRASSY.
-- BRASSY.
>> OUR NEWEST VEHICLE IS A CADILLAC LIMOUSINE.
S THIS FROM -- SHAYNA: THIS REMINDS ME OF THE OLD HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS.
>> BELONGED TO JACK WARNER OF WINNERS -- WARNER BROS. STUDIOS.
AT THE TIME, IT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE CAR IN AMERICA.
A LOT OF FAMOUS PEOPLE WROTE IN THIS CAR, INCLUDING MARILYN MONROE.
SHAYNA NO RIDING IN THIS CARD TODAY, BUT I DID COZY UP INSIDE.
THIS IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND LEAVE VALUED OVER $2 MILLION.
IT IS A BEAUTY.
>> WE OFFER ANOTHER SEGMENT OF HISTORY THAT IS SO RICH IN NEWPORT.
SHAYNA: FEELING FANCY, I HAD TO THE VANDERBILT FOR TEE TIME.
I CANN FORGET THE CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRIES.
>> IS A HIGHLIGHT AND PEOPLE ENJOY COMING DURING WINTERTIME.
IT IS DEFINITELY A FEATURE EVERYBODY SHOULD ENJOY.
SHAYNA: THIS HOTEL IS A CLASSIC MANSION RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL GLORY.
>> FROM THE MOMENT YOU WALK THROUGH THESE DOORS, YOU DO NOT FEEL LIKE YOU ARE IN A HOTEL.
IT IS A GREAT TIME FOR PEOPLE TO RELAX.
IT IS THE BEST.
SHAYNA: EVENING SKATING?
ALL LACED UP AND READY TO GO.
WINTER FUN IS IN THE AIR SKATING CENTER.
>> IS WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL OUR WINTER WONDERLAND.
IT IS OPENED SEASONALLY.
SHAYNA: OPEN DAILY FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO TAKE A SPIN UNDER THE LIGHT.
>> TICKETS THE WINTER BLUES OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM FOR A LITTLE BIT.
SHAYNA: IT DATES TO 2001 AND THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.
NEWPORT DURING THE WINTER IS VERY MAGICAL.
ANTHONY: THE FIRST AMERICAN CAR RACE, THE VANDERBILT CUP, TOOK PLACE IN THE NEWPORT AREA IN 1900.
ORGANIZED BY WILLIE K.VANDERBILT, THE ANNUAL RACE BECAME A BIG SOCIETY EVENT, UNTIL VANDERBILT TRIED TO TURN OCEAN DRIVE INTO A RACE TRACK.
SPURNED BY NEWPORT, HE TOOK HIS RACE TO LONG ISLAND.
EVERY FALL THE AUDRAIN MUSEUM HONORS THIS MOTORING HERITAGE WITH THE NEWPORT CONCOUR MOTOR