LOCALGISTS

Known as the deepest and oldest lake, with a depth of 1,647 meters and an age of approximately 25 million years, it is a true living fossil on the planet. Its capacity to contain nearly 20% of the world’s liquid freshwater highlights its ecological importance. Additionally, it is home to…

It is a small pagoda (7.3 m (24 ft)) built on the top of a granite boulder covered with gold leaves pasted on by its male worshippers. According to legend, the Golden Rock itself is precariously perched on a strand of Lord Buddha’s hair. The balancing rock seems to defy…

With their intricately carved stone structures showcasing snakes and other playful amphibians, alongside beautiful traditional Balinese designs, these sites create a mesmerizing experience for all who visit. Interestingly, the history and origins of these stunning carvings remain a mystery. It’s unclear whether they are ancient artifacts or the imaginative work…

This small island in Ehime Prefecture is famed for its thriving cat population, which vastly outnumbers its human residents, with an astonishing cat-to-human ratio nearing six to one. Originally, the cats were brought in to control a mouse problem that threatened local fishing boats. However, with few natural predators and…

Tartary or Great Tartary would have been a lost civilization, a powerful and extensive empire that would have occupied all of northern Asia until approximately 1775. It was like an ancient World Order, known as the “greatest country in the world.” It ranged from the territory of the Caspian Sea…

Sources say, he saw the beast’s great triangular head lifting from the water near the bow of the boat and opened fire. He would strike the creature in the back and after a small struggle the snake was dead.“We stepped ashore and approached the reptile with caution. It was out…

Paul Downing and Charles Powys, aged 19 & 17 respectively, went to the gallows in front of the gatehouse of Stafford Gaol at noon on Saturday the 25th of January 1845. The pair had been convicted at Staffordshire Assize before Mr. Justice Coltman of shooting 23 year old Mr. William…

His stare is almost reflective of his life. Scary, altering, and piercing, Lenin looks through the camera as he is pictured here in his last photo before death. The man behind what we now know as communism today, Lenin rose to fame through his far-left revolution in Russia which toppled…

He was livid! He’d just discovered that another American General, James Wilkinson, had been secretly plotting against him. Wayne was then commander of a newly created American army, the Legion of the United States. But Wilkinson wanted that job for himself. Who was Wilkinson? He was the “most notorious American…