The circus calliope began playing at lunchtime, the sound seeming to carry across the parking lot and out to the rest of Strasburg, as Tom Persell gazed upon the small-but-special world of his circus.

KEWAUNEE, Wis. (WBAY) - Over the last 65 years, a Kewaunee man has enjoyed a unique hobby that he’s turned into a business. He builds models of circuses, creating everything from scratch using wood ...

Every discussion of the circus these days seems to go back to one theme — they don’t use elephants anymore. Indeed, the circus tent that has been set up in Nottingham Park has been quite the ...

When the circus came to William Dickey’s hometown of Bristol, Virginia, in the early 1900s, it sparked a lifelong hobby for the artistic teenager: Whittling miniature circus figures out of wood. By ...

Though she knew little about the circus when she joined The Ringling staff 27 years ago, Deborah Walk is now considered one of the top circus historians in the country, and she credits millions of ...

There’s a lot to be said for nice, tidy projects where everything lines up and looks pretty. Seeing straight lines and pleasing proportions speaks to our obsessive-compulsive tendencies, and tends to ...

The Circus Museum at the Ringling has everything under the “Big Top” for visitors of all ages to experience. Ever since John Ringling and his family moved the winter quarters of Ringling Bros. and ...

NORMAL — For Cherie Valentine, family history and circus history are inseparable. "Dad started at the old YMCA downtown learning how to fly, and Mom went down to the YMCA to watch her dad play chess," ...

DANVILLE — Go see a haunted circus extravaganza complete with an 8-foot-tall ringmaster, a bearded lady, and even some ‘contortionists’ in the yard on North Vermilion Street. Erin Leverenz and her ...

Howard Tibbals shows his love for circus at the Ringling Circus Museum in Sarasota, FL. Meet Howard Tibbals, whose life-long love for the circus continues to educate and entertain visitors to the ...

Ever since circus magnate John Ringling established the Sarasota art museum that bears his name in 1930, Sarasota has been a destination for artists and arts lovers alike. The Ringling remains a ...