Death And It's Puzzling Questions

Sometimes I wonder...."what will the end bring?"
Will we float in mere nothingness?
Will it be the ever so popular suggestion of heaven?
Would we walk up an elegant staircase up to the pearly gates?
Will we be greeted by angels?
This is such a question that always seems to ring in the back of my mind.
Death is a scary thing, not the actual dying process, so much as what happens after.
Personally, this subject of death is a great conversation topic...but it gets rather eerie to think about.
Why can't there just be an answer?
So we can be for certain of where we're going.
Could it be hell?
Is it possible that if we are not very good people, that we are sent into the boiling hot depths of the earths core?
Maybe life after death is in our minds.
Maybe we do go to a place like heaven or hell, but it's really our mind dreaming up such a place.
What if dying is still living...but not consciously.
If that makes any sense.
Maybe dying isn't dying, but just another state of living.
How odd is it to think about all the possibilities there could be.
There are thousands!
How incredibly terrible, and intriguing it is to think about.
What could dying be?
What is death?
Does anybody have their point of view they would like to share?
If so, feel free to comment.
I'd very much appreciate the input.