Clementina

Governor Linden's Mansion, built by early Beta residents in the pre-Sculptarian era.

Taber

Ridgeview Lighthouse stands over a sim full of landscaped parkland. It's an oasis of tranquility surrounded by some ghastly sims in old mainland.

Welsh

I've become a pretty good climber, but the so-called "Climbable Beanstalk" beat me.

Jessie

Jessie is a region of unusually rugged terrain. The geological processes behind it must be most interesting, but I don't have time to stop and study them.

Another variety of gull!

Stanford

Hands Across the Pond.

Also a new seagull:

Shipley

I'm still shaking from a near-miss in Shipley, where I narrowly avoided falling into this vertiginous pit. I fear that it would have been most difficult to escape for someone who cannot fly.

Hawthorne

East of Clyde is Hawthorne, home of the giant snail equivalent of Ascot Racecourse.

I met RacerX Gullwing, founder of the snail races which have been running for six years now, making them a venerable institution in Second Life.

Hawthorne was the 12th sim in the world and in early maps was part of the "Outlands".

Clyde

Making my way south from Eldridge, I climbed into the mountains of Clyde, where I discovered a Tibetan Buddhist monastery.

Stillman

Giant bears!

Natoma

There are a number of great sights in Natoma, but I'm linking to this statue on Philip's Hill: "The Man" Statue created by oldjohn Linden. The oldest object in Second Life.

While you're here you should check out the Ivory Tower Library of Primitives.

Zoe

A peaceful mountaintop retreat for medidation.

Minna

Divivity Bake Shop ... if you ever feel the need to feed your avatar.

Immaculate

HMS Center Art Gallery has some amazing sculptures.

Ritch

Discovered some giant mushrooms in this psychedelic garden. Chose not to eat them.

Da Boom

Da Boom was the first sim. The very first. It was named after De Boom Street in San Francisco. Sadly, for such a historic sim, it's also quite cluttered and ugly. I did find a great geographic museum which showed the growth of Second Life over time through a series of maps.

Tehama

Tehama is the southern edge of Luskwood. The sim is crossed with Linden pathways between parcels. There's an Abranimations store here, quite large, but there's no way in from the ground! I also found this statue made by Ryan Linden.

Freelon

Home of the Amazon Nations. In the spirit of explorers of old, I wandered through their temple and invaded their sacred places wantonly.

Clara

Clara seems to be the eastern edge of Luskwood. It's a rather bland sim, although this mining operation is a cute build.

Varney

Whenever I see a mountain I just have to climb it. The nicely-landscaped peak in Varney is 129m high. I won't give you a landmark for the summit, you'll have to climb it yourself! While you're here, check out The Vorago, a free-for-all combat area. This is the first combat area I've noticed. There's some nice art in Tradewinds in the sim southwest as well.

Varney is another San Franciscan sim, named for Varney Place.

De Haro

De Haro seems to be a public camping area - you can even purchase tents and huts from a Linden-owned supply store! De Haro it turns out, is one of the oldest sims in Second Life, opening on 13 May 2003!

The earliest sims were named after streets in San Francisco close to Linden Labs!