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Located on the east side of Beesel, between the Sint Willibrordusdijk and the border with Germany, is the Meerlebroek nature reserve, which was created in the late 1990s as a nature compensation area for the A73. In the earlier centuries here was predominantly moist heathland and swamp, an impenetrable area. It is not without reason that the Romans built a road on the dry transition from middle to high terrace, the current Prinsendijk, as part of the Heirbaantrac? Maastricht - Xanten - Nijmegen. Each nature reserve has its own cultural-historical past, its own landscape character. Many nature reserves are therefore characterized by something special. As far as Meerlebroek is concerned, this is its location. Situated at the foot of the steep edge, the Meerlebroek takes full advantage of this exceptional position. The rainwater that falls on the high terrace slowly seeps through the various soil layers and then, filtered and enriched with minerals, such as seepage water, flows out into Meerlebroek. Over the years, pools have been created that form an ideal habitat for both flora and fauna.

One of the most beautiful castles in central Limburg is Castle Hillenraad. A castle, surrounded by moats and a fortress to the outer castle, which is still partially moated. The outer bailey is built on three sides; there is a private chapel in one of the three wings. The outer bailey has a gatehouse, which must be approached over a bridge. The main building has four square towers covered with a kind of helmet crown, which give the castle a charming appearance, which is more reminiscent of a country house than a resilient castle, although it still has that shape.

Zuidewijk Spick is a monumental castle farm located in rustic Boukoul. It consists of a high mansion under a hipped roof (gray tiles) and, together with the adjoining farm, attached chapel and service buildings, forms a rectangular complex with a courtyard. This whole is enclosed by a moat. The name Spieck or Spick is derived from the word 'spieker', which means 'grain shed'. In the past, the harvest was usually stored in a spieker to protect the field fruits from people who went on a raid.

The original Freymersen Castle was built in the Middle Ages, but only a two-storey round tower remains. The current country house was built in 1865.

The Molen van Verbeek is a flour mill in Sint Odili? Nberg and it is the only stone mountain flour mill east of the Maas. This belt mill was built in 1883 to replace an earlier ground sailor that burned down in 1882 and was used as a flour mill until the early 1950s. Unlike many other Limburg windmills, the mill was not blown up by German troops at the end of the Second World War. It was damaged when British troops took the village in January 1945.

Huize Hoosden is a mansion with a surrounding estate in Sint Odili? Nberg. The complex is located in the Roerdal with to the north the church mountain Sint-Petrusberg with the basilica and Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekapel and to the east the old village center. There is a hail cross on the estate.

Here an amateur archaeologist found a Roman treasure almost 2000 years old in 2009: 65 silver and 6 gold coins from the year 69 AD.