The highest-costing, most expensive mistakes in history! These are the worst financial flubs, pricy pitfalls and outrageous oversights to ever occur.


Do you know what priceless antique was destroyed on the set of the Hateful Eight? Or which company lost more than $250 million dollars in a day...because of a typo? Find out as we look at the 10 Most Expensive Mistakes In History.

#10 The Millenium Bridge
At the turn of the century, the world was stricken with Millenium madness. The future was within arms reach and everything from pop music videos to the Guiness Book of World Records was already there. To celebrate the monumental occasion, the city of London decided to build a unique bridge across the River Thames the likes of which the world’s never seen. But perhaps they were thinking too far into the future as the resulting and aptly named Millenium Bridge was closed only two days after opening in June of 2000. The bridge, which was a steel suspension footbridge, was found to sway as pedestrians strode across it on opening day. The movement by the people crossing the bridge resonated throughout the bridge causing a small rocking motion along the structure. As more and more pedestrians traversed this bridge, though, the subconscious effect of a mass of people stepping in sync with the rocking made for a quickly escalating danger. This 23.6 million dollar investment jumped an additional 6.5 million as adjustments were made to counteract this oversight.
#9 Riverside Apartment Crash
No matter the culture you come from, there’s just something magical and romantic about living beside a river...unless that river seeps under your home causing it to come crashing down. In 2009, Block 7 of the Lotus Riverside apartment complex in Shanghai, China toppled to the ground, narrowly missing the other apartments. This thirteen story building was in the middle of having a parking garage constructed underneath it as water from the nearby riverbed seeped into the dirt beneath the building. A perfect storm bred from the hollow base, displaced soil, and now muddy foundation beneath the structure coalesced in a super-sized Jenga fail. This accident resulted in one casualty and millions in lost revenue as the complex, valued at more than $2,000 per square meter, found itself with little to no tenants willing to pay the requested price afterwards.

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