The Downie Brothers Circus, a regular visitor to the city of Pittsfield for over 30 years, rolled into town and quickly transformed the grounds of ...

Inspired by the Mediterranean, the 56-room mansion, which is furnished with antiques and artifacts purchased at Gilded Age ...

Flickr/CharmaineZoe's Marvelous Melange The July 6, 1944 Hartford Circus Fire Thousands of families packed the circus tent on ...

Step right up! Step right up! And prepare to immerse yourself in the wonderful and wacky world of American showman P.T.

On July 6, 1944, a blaze broke out at a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey show in Hartford, Connecticut. At least 167 ...

Also known by its more popular name the American Eskimo Dog or Eskie for short (which we’ll touch upon shortly), the American ...

A Ringling Bros. elephant walks out of a train car as young children watch in the Bronx railroad yard in New York on April 1, 1963. Circus animals are no longer part of the show.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus has been reimagined and reborn without animals as a high-octane family event with highwire tricks, soaring trapeze artists and bicycles leaping on ...

The Margin The Ringling Bros. circus returns next year — minus the elephants, lions and tigers The so-called ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ shut down five years ago. The new Ringling Brothers ...

The trunked giants had been the stars of Ringling's circus for over 100 years, often performing stunts throughout the show, before showrunners phased them out of the circus in 2016.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus may return without animals The three-ring “Greatest Show on Earth” shut down in May 2017 after a 146-year run.