PVD Walking Tours

They say the best way to get to know your town is to become a tourist in it and learn the history hidden beneath the streets you walk every day. And in PVD, who better to do that with than the city’s biggest fan? Every Sunday morning at 10am, Bradly VanDerStad, founder of Pinwheel Tourism, stands in front of the Convention and Visitors Bureau waiting for locals, tourists and locals posing as tourists to show up for one of his free tours. Then he takes them through the city, using its multitude of nicknames — from Divine Providence to the Armpit of New England to the Creative Capital — as a roadmap from the past the future. For those who like their tours a little more fast-paced, for a reasonable fee VanDerStad also guides a jogging tour through the East Side, and we’ll huff and puff our way through that one just to see if VanDerStad is able to talk about the various East Side sights as he runs. For more information, go to pinwheelprovidence.com