Sign up for Monumental Walking Tours *free for June*

Gather your friends and family and bring them on an exciting and fun journey through historic communities of Little India and Chinatown. For the month of June, we present a new tour of Kampong Gelam, once the historic seat of Malay royalty that’s not just for the history buffs. If you prefer to wander down [...]

A rare image of a pangolin at Bukit Brown

Lo! A walking pinecone! This sunda pangolin was spotted recently at the Bukit Brown cemetery by a frequent visitor Konamoto Dominic. You’d be forgiven in thinking that this animal is out of this world – in reality, they are native to Southeast Asia, sightings of them are very rare. Although their scales make them look [...]

Railway memories

7 Jun 2011

Dear great-great-great-grandchildren,

Today, I have this urge to write to all of you about my excursions to the Bukit Timah Railway Station and various parts along the KTM railway tracks on 4 Jun 2011. I do not know if you would ever experience these places like I did?

Fort Serapong

Chances are, you’ve never heard of Fort Serapong, much less know where it is. But its ruins still stand today, in an overgrown state, much like how Angkor was when it was first discovered some 200 years ago. Joy Loh visited Fort Serapong earlier this year, and writes about the armaments of the fort: Serapong [...]

Monumental Walking Tours in May features two new tours!

Raise up your hand if you knew that the Singapore Art Museum and Peranakan Museum used to house the St Joseph’s Institution and Tao Nan School respectively? Sign up for Where It All Began to find out how these building continue to play a role in educating its visitors today. Or learn about the lives of people [...]