After the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced that it will end its 146-year run, shutting down the show this May, we were inspired to dig into our archive to find 20 moments from ...

"The circus is the only ageless delight that you can buy for money," Ernest Hemingway once wrote. That was before scowling cats and amateur stuntmen rose to fame on YouTube, when tigers leaping ...

which is home to the world's largest collection of vintage circus wagons. Here's some background on the wagons making a return: The Bell Wagon, a 19th-century innovation that boasts nine ...

It took only one spark to destroy an entire circus. On Feb. 20 ... hippopotamus that was slowly boiled to death in his tank. Retro Indy: Modoc the escaped elephant Some of the tamer animals ...

Now, close your eyes and try to recapture the feeling from childhood just before you walked through the gates of a carnival, circus or amusement ... Here's a gallery of vintage photos from ...

Acrobats, magicians, musicians and clowns will be part of the Giffords Circus show, which is named Laguna Bay. The troupe will go on tour in the Cotswolds from 17 April to 28 September ...