Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
In Joo Chiat, Singapore, The Intan is Alvin Yapp's Peranakan house-museum: 5,000 objects and a guided tour led by the owner himself.
Jun 28, 2026
In Hougang, Singapore: 910 Japanese graves born for the karayuki-san, war memorials and bougainvillea arches. Free admission.
Jun 28, 2026
On Bukit Purmei hill in Singapore, the island's only Romano-Byzantine church: soaring domes, Norman bells, and a sweeping view over the harbour.
Jun 28, 2026
A 1905 reservoir swallowed by the jungle behind the Seah Im Bunker, missing from Singapore's maps until 2014. How to get there.
Jun 28, 2026
Amid votive paper and a free museum in a former Chinese opera shophouse: the 1898 corner that survived the metro in Bangkok's Chinatown.
Jun 28, 2026
In Bangkok, on the Thonburi bank, the church of Santa Cruz with its Renaissance-style dome and the Portuguese sweets of Kudi Chin.
Jun 28, 2026
In Chom Thong, far from crowded wats, Rama III built a Sino-Thai temple with carved doors and silent halls. Zero tour buses.
Jun 28, 2026
In Thonburi, along the Khlong Bangkok Noi, a single family still forges the khan long hin bronze bowl by hand. How to get there.
Jun 28, 2026
On an island in the Han River in Seoul, a former water-treatment plant transformed into an ecological park: concrete basins overrun by plants.
Jun 28, 2026