"Originally the home of William Benet Perot, the City of Hamilton’s first postmaster, the Bermuda Historical Society Museum is a quirky little museum chock-a-block with artifacts and antiques. Among its treasures are one of the most eclectic collections of artifacts on the island: tools carved by Boer War prisoners (thousands of South Africans were held captive in Bermuda during the conflict in 1901); a typewritten letter from George Washington asking Bermuda to steal gunpowder from the British in 1775; and a large collection of early Bermudian coins (called hogge money) dating back to the early 1600s." - David LaHuta