Editor's note: This the first in a three-part series on the history of the circus in North Dakota. For 140 years, the circus has provided entertainment for residents of North Dakota. During the early ...

With a new gallery in the circus museum and a photography exhibition exploring the backstage life of the traveling carnival and circus, The Ringling offers even more immersion into circus history. On ...

BARABOO — The weather was fair with light rain, the country was in the depths of the Great Depression, it was still illegal to buy alcohol and Herbert Hoover occupied the White House. Balloon sales on ...

You can feel like a kid again at the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Visitors are welcomed to a sprawling 64 acre experience that includes shows under the big top, musical performances and ...

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 ...

Stop if you've heard this one: A "distinctly American" mass-entertainment institution thrives for years, before its business model gets undermined by new technology. Only with "The Circus," an oddly ...

Acclaimed author Jerry Apps’ talk in Baraboo on Thursday night brought the city’s rich circus history to life as he examined the Ringling family’s time in the area. More than 70 people in attendance ...