Six Flags-New Orleans closed in preparation for Hurricane Katrina more than a decade ago. It never reopened, but remains a hauntingly beautiful reminder of America’s throwaway culture.

Quotes courtesy of Scrooge McDuck.

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“You know, I bet those Incans could have minted a whole lot more coins if they hadn’t tried to make each one unique.” -Scrooge McDuck

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“I didn’t get rich by being stupid.”

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“No man is poor who can do what he likes to do once in a while! And I like to dive around in my money like a porpoise! And burrow through it like a gopher! And toss it up and let it hit me on the head!”

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“If they think they can get between Scrooge McDuck and his three cubic acres of cash, they’ve got another thing coming.”

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“I can’t go on like this – losing a billion dollars a minute! I’ll be broke in 600 years!”

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“That’s the trouble with you young scallawags of today. You expect to start in at the top instead of working up from the bottom, like I did!”

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“A day without looking at me Money Bin is like a day without sunshine!”

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“Well, you get an A in home wreckonomics.”

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“A deal this sweet should be against the law.”