Second Life Basics - Cool Places to Visit

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This Notecard is edited by Blu Laszlo and contributions by Natalia Zelmanov (See Blog) and supplemented by Carl Metropolitan, Dylan Rickenbacker, Deyanira Yalin and Blu Laszlo.

This Notecard is structured into the following sections:

• HELP AND EDUCATION
• FREE (OR NEARLY FREE) STUFF
• BEAUTIFUL PLACES AND SOCIAL HANGOUTS
• REAL WORLD
• REAL LIFE BUSINESSES WITH A PRESENCE IN SL
• ROLE-PLAYING
• THINGS TO SEE AND DO
• CULTURE AND ART
• THEME-BASED SIMS

In total this Notecard lists over a hundred places to visit.

As an academic and personal advocate of Second Life I can list a dozen places which I recommend as must see:

For learning more about Second Life:

• NCI
• Info Island
• Academy of Second Learning: Free classes about Second Life

For Freebies

• The Free Dove
• Yadni's Junkyard

General Beauty and Interesting Places to go:

• Dublin - A replica of Dublin in SL, complete with many of the popular tourist spots

• Paris 1900: Paris with Eiffel Tower, Moulin Rouge, French cafe, shopping, and real French people
  

• West of Ireland: An Irish-themed residential sim, complete with an Irish pub, art galleries, and the best surfing (yes, surfing) this side or Ireland

• NASA - NASA CoLab Headquarters on Nasa CoLab island in the Scilands.

• NOAA: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Second Louvre Museum

• Lost Garden of Apollo

Other Web Resources

Second Seeker - Unofficial Second Life Reviews
http://secondseeker.com/

Mermaid Diaries
http://www.mermaiddiaries.com/

Lane's List
http://laneslist.blogspot.com/