If you've ever told someone to 'go to hell', you probably didn't have a real location in mind. While most people no longer believe that hell is a physical place, that has not always been the case.

“Hell on Earth” might not just be an exaggeration. Scattered about the globe are various locations that scientists believe could be entrances to the underworld, ranging from a volcanic ...

From the nightmarish location that inspired Jesus' account of hell to the cave that mysteriously kills anyone who enters, these locations are as close to hell on Earth as you can get.