Go to Hell A traveler's guide to Earth's most otherworldly destinations

Erika Engelhaupt

Book - 2024

"This book features curated destinations across three hellish themes"--

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Subjects
Genres
travel guidebooks
Guidebooks
Guides touristiques
Published
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic [2024]
Language
English
Main Author
Erika Engelhaupt (author)
Physical Description
286 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-277) and index.
ISBN
9781426223532
  • Welcome to Hell
  • A Very Brief History of Hell
  • Part 1. Portals to the Underworld
  • The Acheron, Greece
  • Cape Matapan, Greece
  • Pluto's Gate, Turkey
  • Cave of the Sibyl, Italy
  • Lake Avernus, Italy
  • Lacus Curtius, Italy
  • Oweynagat Cave, Ireland
  • Hill of Ward and Hill of Tara, Ireland
  • St. Patrick's Purgatory, Ireland
  • Valley of Hinnom, Israel
  • Houska Castle, Czechia
  • Hekla Volcano, Iceland
  • Well of Hell, Yemen
  • Mount Osore, Japan
  • Cape Reinga, New Zealand
  • Maya Cenotes, Mexico
  • Actun Tunichil Muknal, Belize
  • Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua
  • Seven Gates of Guinee, Louisiana, U.S.A.
  • Seven Gates of Hell, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Part 2. Hells On Earth
  • Gates of Hell, Turkmenistan
  • Hell's Gate, California, U.S.A.
  • Hell, Michigan, U.S.A.
  • Hell, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
  • The World's Rare Lakes of Fire
  • Phlegraean Fields, Italy
  • Naples, Italy
  • Pompeii and Herculaneum, Italy
  • Deadvlei (Dead Valley), Namibia
  • Dead Sea, Jordan and Israel
  • The Hells of Beppu, Japan
  • Blood Falls, Antarctica
  • Haw Par Villa, Singapore
  • Rotorua, New Zealand
  • Wai-o-Tapu Scenic Reserve, New Zealand
  • Waimangu Volcanic Valley, New Zealand
  • Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, U.S.A.
  • Danakil Depression and Erta Ale, Ethiopia
  • Part 3. Otherworldly Destinations
  • Cave of the Crystals, Mexico
  • Gomantong Caves, Malaysia
  • Waitomo Glowworm Caves, New Zealand
  • Tsingy de Bemaraha, Madagascar
  • Deception Island, Antarctica
  • Craters of the Moon, Idaho, U.S.A.
  • Lake Natron, Tanzania
  • Skull Rock, Victoria, Australia
  • Hodge Close Quarry, England, U.K.
  • Boiling River, Peru
  • Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela
  • Kawah Ijen Volcano, Indonesia
  • Fengdu Ghost City, China
  • Kasanka National Park, Zambia
  • Bracken Cave, Texas, U.S.A.
  • Cape York, Queensland, Australia
  • Destinations by Location
  • Acknowledgments
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Maps and Illustrations Credits
  • Index