Almost afraid to ask... Where are my Lightroom files?

I've upgraded to LR3 from 2 and in the process Lightroom has chosen to create a new catalog, or at least I think that's the proper term. What was 'Name' catalog with all of my images is now 'Name-2' with all of my images. What happened to the simple straightforward 'Name' catalog and why can't I go back to it? I think the starting point would be to ask where these files reside that LR uses to create a catalog? I know where my images are and they are all in one location all in one folder with sub-folders by year and by date within the years. My image files are okay, and do not move. It's the way LR is working that has me wondering if I can go back and re-name the catalog it now wants to use for my images to the simple name and not with the appended '-2'.
TIA,
Ken

Ken, it has -2 because it's an upgraded catalog. The old catalog won't work in Lightroom 3, and Lightroom won't delete the original catalog in case something goes wrong during the upgrade. You wouldn't want to be left with no catalog at all, if something were to happen.
Your files don't exist inside Lightroom, they exist where you have then on the disk. Lightroom only references them.
As for renaming, you can rename away. Just make sure you also rename the corresponding Previews files.
e.g. if your catalog file is Name.lrcata, your previews file is Name Previews.lrdata. Renaming means having them as NewName.lrcat and NewName Previews.lrdata.
What happens if you don't do this? Lightroom will create a new Previews folder on its own, but it'll be empty and need all previews rendered, and the old previews file will be left orphaned, wasting space on your drive.

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