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 ...

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.

It may just be the greatest hobby on Earth—even if it's somewhat esoteric. “Most of us are the same as me. When they were very young, their parents would take them to the circus and they loved it they ...

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, ...

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 ...

There’s a lot to be said for nice, tidy projects where everything lines up and looks pretty. Seeing straight lines and pleasing proportions speaks to our obsessive-compulsive tendencies, and tends to ...

Go see a haunted circus extravaganza complete with an 8-foot-tall ringmaster, a bearded lady, and even some ‘contortionists’ in the yard on North Vermilion Street. Erin Leverenz and her husband, John, ...

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 ...

To mark its 30th anniversary, the youth circus school Circus Juventas is displaying more than 30 costumes from past shows in windows on Grand Avenue. The window displays, themed with props and ...

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 ...