Eccentric and Electric: Tesla’s Tower of Power in Colorado Springs

Butterflies were electrified and light bulbs glowed without visible power

Photo courtesy of Bettmann/CORBIS. Nikola Tesla (1857–1943)

Nikola Tesla was one of the most radical rule-breakers of science and is considered by many as the greatest inventor in human history. Science enthusiasts remember the engineer and physicist as one of the greatest minds of the…