The Mountcrest Inn, Dodd's hotel in Memento, which Leonard goes to first in order to get a jump on him, but then can't remember why he is there, was filmed at the Hill Crest Inn in San Fernando Valley.

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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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Emma's Tattoo where Leonard gets his last tattoo of the movie (or his first if that's how you want to look at it) is not an actual tattoo parlor, but the location is on the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Mather Avenue in San Fernando Valley.

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In Memento, Leonard was double-booked at the Discount Inn, since the clerk knew he wasn't going to remember it anyway. The scenes were filmed at the Travel Inn on the corner of Foothill and Hillhaven Ave in Tujunga, California.

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