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

Angela discovers why Circus World made Wisconsin a nationally renowned historic site and where the Ringling Brothers began in 1884. The museum features daily performances under the billowing big top — ...

BARABOO — The weather was fair with light rain, the country was in the depths of the Great Depression, it was still illegal to buy alcohol and Herbert Hoover occupied the White House. Balloon sales on ...

"Circus World Museum has the best research library by far of any public institution in the United States," he said. In circus history Baraboo has the importance of Chicago or Los Angeles, Pfening said ...

BARABOO, Wis. - Not long ago, the Circus World Museum seemed to be falling like a trapeze artist without a net. Tourists were abandoning this small town, where Ringling Brothers got its start, largely ...

Circus World is toasting 66 years in Baraboo with a special four-day Anniversary Days event, June 27-30 featuring $6 admission! The big birthday bash under the big top will offer live circus ...

The Al. Ringling Theatre in downtown Baraboo is now owned by the state’s primary organization for historic landmarks, with plans for it to serve as an extension of its nearby Circus World and “flex ...