SINGAPORE — You’ve gone to Tanjong Pagar Railway Station and walked the Green Corridor; you’ve Instagrammed yourself in Chinatown and Tiong Bahru and you’re fast running out of places that have enough of that hip heritage factor. There’s an easy way to blast yourself into the past and evoke a sweet sense of nostalgia in Sentosa. Relive your childhood and collect nuggets of trivia along the way with this trail.

1. CABLE TIES

Start your Sentosa stopover right with the most retro mode of transport — the cable car. It was a feat of engineering feat back in the day when it opened in 1974, and it was the first ever aerial ropeway system to cross a harbour. And did you know that the cable car was featured prominently in two episodes of the original Hawaii Five-O TV series — one of which was a fight scene with Steve McGarrett — which was filmed in Singapore back in 1978? Uh-huh, this was way before Marina Bay Sands’ infinity pool hosted Katy Perry’s press conference in 2010.

2. BUTTERFLY FACTORY

Just beside the Cable Car station is the Butterfly Park and Insect Kingdom. You might recall playing catching here as kids while ooh-ing and ahh-ing over the butterfly collection. Now the attraction, which is modelled after an outdoor conservatory and a tropical forest, boast over 1,500 live butterflies — many of which are endangered — fluttering freely. There’s also a 70m-long Insect Safari Tunnel with scorpions, giant millipedes, fireflies and the mammoth Dynastes Hercules beetle.

3. IT’S TIGER TIME

One of the best ways get a taste of Singapore’s history — literally — is to have a mug of Tiger Beer (with ice, if you want to roll like a true uncle) at SKYBAR by the entrance to the Tiger Sky Tower. Tiger is Singapore’s first locally brewed beer back in 1932, and was the beer of choice among the international troops station in Singapore pre- and post-World War II. The cabin rises at a speed of 1.2m per second up to its peak 131m above sea level, giving you enough time to say cheese and Instagram this moment: You’re officially at the highest viewing platform in Singapore.

4. TIME MACHINE

Since you’re going back in time, swing by Images Of Singapore. Rather than boring you with hard facts, and timelines, you get a more experiential session here like with the special effects show, Four Winds Of Singapore. This place used to house the old wax museum, also known as the Pioneers of Singapore And Surrender Chambers museum, but you might not have guessed it: The transformation has been so well done that Images Of Singapore even picked up the Thea Awards for Best Reinvention of a Cultural Heritage Center in 2006.

LUNCH MUNCH. Stop for lunch at Tastes of Singapore just outside Images of Singapore where you can get your fix of hawker favourites. We hear the Nyonya Lobster Laksa is pretty shiok.

5. RICH TIDINGS

Okay, visiting the Sentosa Merlion may seem cheesy but it’s the same one that was sitting at the end of Fountain Gardens and would light up at the finale of the Musical Fountain Show all those years ago so don’t miss it. Not only is it the tallest Merlion at 37m, it’s possibly the one to climb if you want to get lucky — its base and all 320 scales resemble the bagua (the auspicious tool used in feng shui for prosperity) and you can ring the Prosperity Bell for luck and wealth.

6. HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHT

Head to the bus stop from Sentosa Merlion and hop onto Bus 1 or 2, and drop off at Siloso Point. With history constantly making way for urban redevelopment in Singapore (think Bukit Brown), Fort Siloso truly is a precious rarity. It was built in the 1880s and is now the nation’s only preserved coastal fort. Explore old tunnels, and check out largest collection of World War II memorabilia including old guns, film clips and photographs in Singapore. Before you go, don’t forget an obligatory shot with the cannons.

Part 1: For the family

Part 3: For the thrill-seeker