Exclusive: The Most Expensive House On Earth

The initials M.L., for the Marnier-Lapostolle family, sit inscribed on a stonework of a fireplace inside the Villa Les Cedres, a 187-year-old, 18,000-square-foot, 14-bedroom mansion set on 35 acres, in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. With a list price of 350 million ($410 million), the owner, the Italian distiller Davide Campari-Milano SpA, is betting that the houses combination of history, luxury, and a prime location along the coast of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat will be enough to make it the most expensive residential sale in history. Photographer: Marlene Awaad/Bloomberg via Getty Images