Tesla lived at this location, the former Gerlach Hotel (later renamed The Radio Wave Bulding), and completed a number of his radio experiments here. A commemorative plaque was placed on the exterior in 1977 to honor his work.

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Originally designed in 1899 by Tesla, the Wardenclyffe Laboratory and Tower was constructed at this location in 1901. Funded by a group of wealthy industrialists, the stated purpose of the facility was to provide wireless communication through the 187-foot tower.

Tesla's ulterior motive to was to construct a facility that could transmit wireless electrical energy. According to the story, investor J.P. Morgan (who had contributed $150,000 to the construction of Wardenclyffe) withdrew from the project when he couldn't foresee a way to meter and charge people for energy consumption.

Tesla kept Wardenclyffe afloat for years with a series of manufactures (like the Tesla coil and the Tesla turbine), but failings on the business end of the project led the facility to be foreclosed on in 1915. The tower was blown up with dynamite in 1917 so that German submarines couldn't use it as a landmark.

Today, the remnants of the Wardenclyffe still stand, but are privately owned and near sale.

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In 1899, Tesla moved his research lab from Manhattan to Colorado Springs, Colorado at a location near Foote Ave. and Kiowa St. He was attempting high-frequency, high-voltage experiments, and told reporters that he was sending wireless telegraphs from Pike's Peak to Paris.

Through his experiments, he also deduced that the resonant frequency of the Earth was approximately 8 hertz (Hz), later called Schumann resonance. It was also in Colorado Springs that Tesla claimed to be receiving extraterrestrial radio waves from Venus or Mars.

Tesla left Colorado Springs in January of 1900, and his laboratory was dismantled and sold to pay his debts in 1905.

A fictionalized Colorado Springs-era Tesla (played by David Bowie) appears in the 2006 film, The Prestige.

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In 1891, Nikola Tesla established a laboratory at 46 and 48 E. Houston St. At the laboratory, he demonstrated the possibilities of wireless power transmission by lighting electric lamps wirelessly.

Tesla also prepared his demonstrations for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago at this location. Among the responsibilities of lighting the fair with AC power and fluorescent bulbs (created with the collaboration of George Westinghouse), Tesla also created whimsical demonstrations of electrical power like the Egg of Columbus.

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Established on December 5, 1952, The Nikola Tesla Museum is a repository of Tesla's original documents (about 160,000 of them), books and journals, historic technical exhibits, photographs, plans and drawings.

The museum received the bulk of the estate when an American court awarded the belongings to Mr. Sava Kosanovic, Tesla's nephew, as the only rightful heir. In 1951, there were brought to Belgrade in accordance with Tesla's will.

Tesla's ashes are also in the museum, his created remains enclosed in a gold-plated orb.

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