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The news about the Seven Wonders of the World has been pretty entertaining of late leading me to think about places in Second Life -- go figure :-)

What are the Seven Wonders of Second Life? With my excitement peaked and my wheels spinning with all the creative (and freaking weird) locations in SL, I've been revisiting places I've found great and a thought came to me. Why should I be creating this list? How selfish to think I should be the one creating the Seven Wonders of Second Life?

What to do... well, that is easy. It is time to open it up to all of you regardless of your time in SL. Therefore, these are my nominations and I encourage you to do the same here so that we can come up with a community created Seven Wonders of Second Life.

Determining The Seven Wonders of Second Life

Criteria: The criteria is really quite simple (and, yes, subjective). The Seven Wonders of Second Life are the most creative and unique builds in SL that are well done and mind blowing. Not asking to much, eh? They don't have to be educational but let's keep it clean ;-)

Steps:
1. Review my nominations
2. In a comment or Trackback, add your list of seven including any of mine or others that have posted their nominations using the simple form below in My Nominations
3. After an extended period, I'll calculate the locations receiving the most nominations to determine The Seven Wonders of Second Life.

Most importantly, have fun with this and enjoy experiencing some amazingly creative minds that exist within this virtual world (it is also a great time to ponder some educational possibilities... I know... I couldn't let one post go by without saying ponder the possibilities in education)

My Nominations

Nomination One: Greenie's Home Rezzable
SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Greenies%20Home%20Rezzable/147/187/61/
Brief Description: I've yet to experience a more creative sim in all my time in SL. Each time I visit this place, I'm more amazed at what I've just experienced. Don't let the photo full you. That is just the starting point! Be ready to think and wonder as you "grow" to find it is a smaller world that you think.

Nomination Two: The Pot Healer Adventure
SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Numbakulla/214/17/2/
Brief Description: Time after time, this place continues to shine. I've gotten lost in the moments with this build as I literally and swept to another world (what that be a virtual world within a virtual world, a play within a play?)

Nomination Three: The Wizard Alley
SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Oahu/206/78/29/
Brief Description: I admit I'm a Harry Potter fanatic but the power and precision of this build will excite even the most admant antiHP people out there (you know who you are... those two people that are really closet Potter fans). Be sure to explore every nook and cranny as you'll never know what you'll find especially a little Quidditch.

Nomination Four:
S.S. Galaxy Boarding Gangway
SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Galaxy%20AFT/65/53/21/
Brief Description: Pure realism. It blows me away to wonder around the various levels of this boat as it almost feels as though the builders replicated every facet to the point of the amount of time it would take someone to go from the front to the back of the boat. Warning: You'll find yourself ready to book a cruise after this.

Nomination Five: Tombstone
SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Broken%20Rose/19/121/22
Brief Description: Set in 1897, this location will take you back to the times of the Wild Wild West where you can watch from a distance or even get involved. What attracted me to this build was the feeling that I got upon entering it. The overall feel was straight out of an Old West movies

Nomination Six: The Globe Theatre
SLurl:http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/71/71/30
Brief Description: C'mon, we have to include something Shakespeare.

Nomination Seven: Treasure Island
SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Treasure%20Island/152/183/28/
Brief Description: While I'm no ship expert so I'm not sure how authentic the boat builds are in terms of time period, the island draws you in.

Obviously, there are some unbelievably creative builds out there ranging from remaking a real life place to unique builds limited only by the minds of the creators. What have you found? What are your nominations? Let the fun begin!