stinger
No, not the 1932 novel by Phil Stong, nor the several movies based on it, but the real thing. Now 169 years old, it runs for 11 days and attracts more than a million visitors.
The north entrances to the fairgrounds look out across a small valley, so that you’re actually standing higher than some of the midway attractions. I don’t like crowds, don’t care about “rides” and never go in the midway area, yet a frisson tickles my tummy when I first come in and see, hear, and smell The Fair.