Peru, Indiana, is known as the "Circus Capital of the World" and has a circus history that dates back over 100 years. In the ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The producers of several Las Vegas Strip shows has purchased an entire town as they look to create the “world’s first ‘Circus Town.’” Calling it a “real life Schitt’s Creek,” ...

Though the first modern circus was born in 1770s England, the tented attractions didn’t become an American tradition until around the mid-to-late-1800s. The traveling circus graced wide swaths of the ...

CALIFORNIA — A small town in the California desert is being transformed into a circus oasis. It's called Circus Town, U.S.A. It's just 80 acres in size, has a population of about 20 people, and only ...

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When the trumpets blare and the master of ceremonies strides into the ring next weekend, it will mark the 55th year the Aad Shrine Circus has come to town. And what a circus it will be this year, said ...

In the final of a three-part series, columnist Curt Eriksmoen discusses the evolution of circus culture and the public's scrutiny on animal cruelty Tyke the elephant escaped during the 1993 North ...

The circus is coming to town, bringing with it lions, tigers and… dragons? Not really, but maybe a unicorn will make a surprise appearance in this year’s Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey production, ...

When the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed down in May 2017, a victim of changing tastes and years of protests by animal-rights groups, The Greatest Show on Earth seemed like the ...