Agnes Keith House

On a hill overlooking town and Sandakan bay, Agnes Keith House is a trip back to Sandakan's colonial heyday. Keith was an American who came to Sandakan in the 1930s with her British husband, appointed Conservator of Forests (bring him back!), and wrote several books about her experiences, mostly famously The Land Below the Wind. The Keiths' two-storey wooden villa was destroyed during World War II and rebuilt identically when they returned in 1946.

The house fell into disrepair during the 1990s, but Sabah Museum restored it as a faithful recreation of Keith's original abode.