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 ...

BARABOO — A miniature model will help Circus World Museum visitors appreciate the grand scale of the old Ringling Bros. circus train. Model train builder and circus fan Joe Kaspar has donated to ...

Think model trains, but instead of railroads, this convention features tiny big tops, model circus wagons and yes, some model train cars, too. “It’s a three-dimensional preservation of circus history, ...

The Howard Bros. Circus model opened at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art on Jan. 14, 2006. Since that time over 2.9 million ladies, gentlemen and children of all ages have been captivated by ...

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 ...

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," ...

In an age when television for the masses was unheard of, circus shows were among the few forms of entertainment for city dwellers. And in the history of circus entertainment, few names are as famous ...

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 ...