Every August, circus performers, animals and seasonal workers leave Circus World as the Baraboo museum’s summer performance season comes to an end. But after this year, for the first time since the ...

The golden age of the circus is long past, and gone are the days when bombastic advertisements would draw thousands of clamoring fans eager to see the exotic spectacles they promised. While that may ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — You don’t initially see a ...

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. May I direct your attention to the program booth, where you will find one of the greatest volunteers on earth. The circus has appeared at the local armory for 54 ...

Sad-faced clown Emmett Kelly spoke those words in 1956, upon hearing that “The Greatest Show on Earth” was folding its mammoth tent for the last time. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ...