Granite State of Mind, #59: Canobie Lake Park, Salem
I have such mixed feelings about New Hampshire's big old theme park. It's got everything you're looking for in these places, with rides and midway games and all the rest, but it's also got a lot of what makes tourist traps like these unbearable, with long lines and overpriced food. And the crowds! New Hampshire Republicans may buy into the whackadoodle conspiracy theory about buses of Massachusetts voters streaming across our southern border to commit voter fraud, but they're