Originally published at: Hell is the official name of a town in Norway | Boing Boing
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However the Norwegian for Hell is Helvete, which is French for from Switzerland.
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Michigan also has a town named Hell.
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Nice! I’ve been to Hell, but I try not go down that way if I can avoid it.
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You know, I just realized I’ve never been to Hell in the summer, only when it’s froze over. 
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And Michigan also has Paradise! Paradise, Michigan - Wikipedia
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I’ve never been there, although I live much, much closer to Paradise than Hell. I do like Steve Hamilton’s Alex McKnight book series that is based out of Paradise, though. Well, A Cold Day in Paradise was a little rough, but the series gets pretty good as it goes on.
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We passed through Hell on the way to a dive site in Grand Caymen. Has it’s own post office.
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All my Michigan neighbors beat me to it.
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Aw man, you beat me too it!
I’ve been there and we mailed a few postcards home, but I don’t think I ever got the cards back to put it in my collection.
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I think I passed through Hell on the way to see Brutus.
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Et tu?
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Whoa! Talk about taking the scenic route! How many dirt roads did you end up taking?
We’ve just got a ton of goofy town names here. I have to drive through Romulus to get to the airport. So there’s that. 
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I’ve passed through Hell Valley many a time.
In front of it is a hamlet called Himmelreich, Kingdom of Heaven.
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I don’t remember all the details from when I went to the Dam Site Inn (other than it was too early for the carved pumpkins). I’m sure the roads were at least made with good intentions.
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Meh, bog standard asphalt. Which is a great disappointment for sooooooo many visitors. 
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And judging by the pics, it has frozen over.
As a child, our family often drove past Hell’s Gate on vacations
