In 1793, Samuel Slater used technology surreptitiously imported from England to shove Rhode Island into the industrial age. His landmark Old Slater Mill is still in operation, in suburban Pawtucket. A ten-minute drive north to exit 28 on I-95, the Slater Mill Historic Site , on Roosevelt Avenue, also includes in its museum of the Industrial Revolution the 1810 Wilkinson Mill and the 1758 Sylvanus Brown House (June-Nov Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun noon-5pm; Dec to late April Sat & Sun 1-3pm; $7).