The Charles Dickens Museum in London LONDON, UK – Most visitors are lured by London’s pageantry and architecture: Big Ben, the Tower of London and Parliament. But there’s more. London treasures genius. Where else could a fictional creation — Sherlock Holmes — have an actual residence built for him at 221B Baker Street? London is where Peter Pan found Wendy, where Oliver Twist met the Artful Dodger. So, forget the royal scandals, London’s best export is its writers.