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Pretty much all anyone knows about heaven/hell (the Christian version) is the following:
1. Heaven will be wonderful.
2. Hell will be awful.
3. Our existence in heaven will be bodily, in some sense of that word.
Anything beyond that is speculation -- in fact, there are reasons to doubt 2. (Annihilationism -- the doctrine that the damned are rubbed out of existence -- does not contradict scripture, though I don't think that it's the best interpretation.) I've heard people argue that there will be sex in heaven, though that's difficult to reconcile with Christ's words that there will be no marriage in heaven.
A few other minor details: Hell will not be ruled over by the devil. He'll be suffering there like the other damned. Hell has not been created yet -- it won't be until the Second Coming and the Resurrection.
Of course, if anyone wants to claim to know more about heaven, they're welcome to prove it to me from scripture. And speculation can always be fun, but it's important to realize that it's just speculation.
Anyway, from a far too wordy post -- yes, heaven will be worth going to.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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