The first mile post erected during the British era can be seen in front of the Galle Face Green.
Located in the Palindanuwara area the Halmba Pili Hatha is another unique waterway, which is yet to get the footfall of the visitors. This is one of the many smaller waterfalls found in the Palindanuwara area.
In the suburb of Kaluthara, nestled in the middle of Athwelthota lays another breathtakingly beautiful waterfall away from the prying eyes of humanity. The Waterfall named Diganna Ella, is shrouded in many different folklores and beliefs and rites and rituals of cultures of local community with deeply embedded yet justifiable cautiousness towards the waterfall. The waterfall also named as Mannawatta Ella relating to the mystery that the local population holes in their beliefs. Not having a proper road may be a hindrance to visit this marvelous destination as it also posed a reason to its lower popularity yet at the same time have its beautiful attraction preserved and we’ll developed. Apart from the cascading stream of pure water, the area houses many endemic species including birds, insects, amphibians and even butterflies which are native to Sri Lankan Biosphere. Thus this waterfall area can be referred as a mini sanctuary of suburb of Kaluthara District.
The two-storey colonnaded building on Prince Street, Pettah (Colombo 11) which houses this museum was constructed during the Dutch occupation of Colombo (1656 - 1796) and was the formal residence of the Governor of Dutch Ceylon Thomas van Rhee (1634 - 1701) during his term of office from 1692 to 1697. The building has been used for many different purposes over the years. It was a teacher-training college and an institute for the instruction of clergymen between 1696 and 1796. It was also used as a hospital. It became a barracks in the second half of the 1800s and 1900 it was used as a police training school, set up by the British. In 1932 it was converted to the Pettah Post Office. In 1971 following heavy monsoon rains one of the exterior walls collapsed and the building was abandoned. Following protests by the Royal Asiatic Society and the Dutch Burgher Union against plans to demolish the building, in 1973 a committee was established with representatives from the Ceylon Tourist Board, the Department of Archaeology, the Netherlands Alumni Association of Lanka and the National Archives, to restore the building and establish a museum covering the Dutch colonial period
