Wardenclyffe Tesla Lab Site, New York

Site of Tesla's 187-foot world broadcasting electrical transmission tower, part of an experiment by the revolutionary electrical engineer and scientist to create a means of transmitting electricity through the air. Never completely finished, the tower was destroyed in 1917, and hauled away for scrap. The lab and power plant building at the base of the tower, designed by Stanford White, remains on site, and preservationists are working to turn the location into a Tesla science center.