All Ron Berger wanted was to install a door between two buildings. Instead, much to his astonishment, he opened a window into the early history of Durand, Wisconsin, on Labor Day weekend 2015 when he ...

James Deutsch - Senior Content Coordinator, Smithsonian’s America at 250 Book Project Circus poster showing performers in a pool Library of Congress Circus poster showing the "Great Jumbo's Skeleton" ...

The Ringling Museum of Art is turning into a three-ring circus -- and visitors can step right up and be a part of it. If you want to get a sense of what it's like to walk on a high wire, or squeeze ...

Why are we asking for donations? Why are we asking for donations? This site is free thanks to our community of supporters. Voluntary donations from readers like you keep our news accessible for ...

In June of 1972, Nicholas Whitman photographed vintage circus posters, many layers deep, in the protected bay of a barn near the intersection of Routes 346 and 22 in North Petersburg, New York. Around ...

The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin holds a collection of circus memorabilia dating from the middle of the nineteenth century to about 1940. As historian Janet Davis writes in ...

Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) CHICO — ...