Hell, Michigan

Official U.S. Weather Bureau, Hell, Michigan, in big red letters with a sunburst underneath, on County Highway D-32, photographed in June 2007. It marks the spot where the weather is recorded in Hell, which means somebody is in a position to confirm whether Hell has frozen over. As for the name, Hell was settled in 1838 by George Reeves, and nobody can agree how it got its name. One local telling has Reeves answering the state officials who asked what to call the place, "Call it Hell for all I care."