The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is drawing to a close this weekend after 146 years of performances and travel that at times have been marred by tragedy and celebrated in film, but also ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is drawing to a close this weekend after 146 years of performances and travel that at times have been marred by tragedy and celebrated in film, but also ...

James Deutsch - Senior Content Coordinator, Smithsonian’s America at 250 Book Project Trained and created for UniverSoul Circus in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Pizza Posse marries acrobatics to ...

Traditional circuses still crisscross the country, but on a much-reduced scale from when they ruled America as the undisputed “greatest show on earth.” Sharon Grimberg’s two-part documentary The ...

Baraboo applauds the proposed general purpose revenue funding in Gov. Scott Walker’s budget for Circus World and we look forward to a sustainable future for our state historic site within our ...

Angela discovers why Circus World made Wisconsin a nationally renowned historic site and where the Ringling Brothers began in 1884. The museum features daily performances under the billowing big top — ...

SARASOTA, Fla. -- By today's standards, the circus is more of a sideshow act than the pinnacle of modern entertainment. But at the turn of the 20th century, the traveling circus was the height of ...

PLOVER – The Portage County Historical Society will welcome the Engford family circus performers again this year for Heritage Days at Heritage Park in Plover. Ruth Engford Clark, her husband, Frank ...

PALMETTO — These days, elephants don’t march through the center of town. You won’t hear the kids laugh either, as they gawk at the 9,000-pound gray mammals that lumber by, pulling wagons full of ...