If you dislike amusement parks because of the lines / pricing / feeling like cattle, you'll probably enjoy Knoebels. It's the only amusement park I know of where you can ride a coaster, watch someone carve a tree, play some mini golf, take a train ride (without any "edgy" animatronics trying to force a hamfisted story in your face), watch a metalsmith do their thing, catch a ring on a merry go round, and eat the world's most amazing food for about $20.

Their banana split at the watermill is to die for. The thing weighs about 20 pounds and it's, I dunno, a dollar. Probably two now due to inflation.