CNN tracked down some of literary and cinematographic history's most famous post codes and calculated their value in today's property markets. Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan DoyleWhen Conan Doyle wrote his detective series, the real Baker Street in London stopped in the 100s -- 221B didn't exist. When the street was renumbered in the 1930s, the Abbey National Building Society bank was assigned the notorious number 221. The bank received so many letters addressing the famous detective that it hired a secretary to respond to the queries. Montmartre became famous as an artists' hub, where the likes of Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh lived, attracted by the cheap rents.

Source: CNN April 27, 2017 00:56 UTC