There is a thing in second life called Traffic or Dwell. This is basically a way of rating the most popular venues in the Second Life universe. Residents who own land can earn dwell for being the most visited places in SL.

The process is actually simple: The more residents who spend time on the land you own, the higher your dwell rating goes. Usually, the most popular places in second life are unique attractions meaning places that are exquisitely and uniquely designed. Dwell is best accumulated by designing entertaining places for other residents to visit.

Historical Locations

The following are the most historic venues and user-created places in the SL universe. ).

Abbot’s Aerodome

The original concept behind the Aerodrome was a multi-level, art deco, futuristic airport that floats over the ruins of a fictitious abandoned airfield. If you visit the ground level, you can see a dilapidated, hangar and tower, and a couple of wrecked biplanes.

Today, it functions as some sort of “tourist attraction” where several flights hourly take residents up and give them a tour of the SL Mainland.

Cannabis Cathedral

The cannabis cathedral’s theme reflects the creator’s pro-marijuana beliefs. The venue showcases a huge dance floor with 2 stages including a waterfall that emptied into a pool and has dance platforms on both sides. The venue also features smoke rooms, a VIP lounge and a beautiful photo gallery. There was a time when the Cathedral held the highest dwell record.

On July 10, 2004, the cathedral had its final party and was decommissioned soon afterwards.


The Welcome Area

The welcome area is the starting point for all newbie residents in the Second Life universe. Currently, Second Life’s Welcome Area is situated in Ahern and Morris.

Due to the dynamic nature of real estate in the Second Life universe, it has been moved around a lot. Originally, the Welcome Area was in Natoma in 2002 then moved to an area called Ritch in 2003.

Currently, there are three Welcome Areas in SL. The main welcome Area in the aforementioned Ahern/Morris region, another in Lime/Plum and a newer one in the Waterhead region.

In 2004, Ahern/.Morris Welcome area was ceremoniously destroyed by linden labs to pave way for renovation.

The Shelter

The Shelter was built because of the growing concern that much of Second Life’s venues were all sexual in nature and a lot of veteran players are advertently taking advantage of new users.

The founders of the shelter decided to open a place which is friendly to both new and mature residents and had the intention of creating a “warm” atmosphere that wouldn’t turn off newbie users.


For a complete list of historical places in SL, visit the wiki.

Other places of interest

Arhcan Free Sex Community

One of the prime locations for SL’s burgeoning Free Sex community, the Archan consist of a huge playhouse with segregated public and private rooms brimming with sex toys and kinky themes. It is over 10,000 square feet of playroom, has a swimming pool with a water slide and arguably one of the biggest dance floors in the game.

Club Akasha

A club with a warm atmosphere, vibrant energy and a cool mix of party-goers and musicians; club akasha features music streamed from radioakasha.com – which is arguably the best in alternative, goth punk and world music in-game. Club Akasha opens nightly 6pm SL time.

West Haven public beach

One of the best public beaches in the SL universe. The public are free to hangout, enjoy the sun and the hospitable neighborhood.

The West Haven Public Beach is, which the name says, open to the public. Feel free to hang out, enjoy the sun and this wonderful neighbourhood.

The City of Turmus

The city of Turmus is a gorean-inspired city. One of the few places in the SL universe where role playing in terms of the Gorean lifestyle is encouraged. If you’re looking for an open-minded place, where fun is the focal point of lifestyle, then Turmus is the place for you.

Designs by Adri

The store boasts the best casual, formal and maternity clothing for female SL residents. Each article of clothing is designed with a mix of hand painting, photo referencing and an eye for detail.

Their lineup consist of Bridal, jeans, shirts, prim skirts, and other SL women’s clothing.

The Metaverse messenger office


The headquarters for the in-game messaging system, the metaverse messenger. The building is currently under construction but it’s a mighty fine looking building. It is a 12-story structure complete with a basement, a loading dock, a parking lot and an elevator. It also has a multi-purpose auditorium

The Ivory tower library of primitives

A large in-world tutorial on the Second Life universe’s building system. It offers a class on how to render structures in SL. The library offers an extensive collection of tutorials and references that would be more than enough to get the metaverse architect in you started.

Tringo

A popular game that showcases the ability of SL to create games within the game. It is a combination of Tetris and Bingo and has become so popular that news has spread that Nintendo is actually releasing a version of this game on the Game Boy Advance.

Each game of Tringo consists of 35 tuns and the main objective is to gain points by placing pieces and making solid sets of blocks on your card. The Tringo pieces cannot overlap and cannot be rotated.