Etched into that base reads: "Erected by the employees of Ringling Bros. Circus. Charles Smith, June 10, 1897; and Chs. E. Walters, Sept. 15, 1870 — June 10, 1897." It's a monument in Wahpeton ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is drawing to a close this weekend after 146 years of performances and travel that at times have been marred by tragedy and celebrated in film ...

and in particular one famous circus, the one immortalised as “The Greatest Show on Earth”: the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which is hanging its hat for the last time this weekend.

“The elephants I grew to know and love at the circus were beaten daily with sharp bull hooks and chained like prisoners for hours on end.” —Tom Rider, former Ringling Bros. employee After nearly nine ...

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To them, it might have seemed effortless. But these highly trained performers for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus told the children watching on Wednesday such feats of aerial grace ...

The odds of landing a coveted spot on the Ringling Bros. Circus’ elite traveling clown corps might be slightly higher than winning the lottery. But not by a whole lot. More than 4,000 clown ...

The tiger shot in Atlanta was a former star of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus before it went closed A tiger shot and killed after attacking a dog on Wednesday was revealed to be one of ...

I was quite taken with Mary Ann Lewis’ suggestion that the circus clowns laid off by the closure of Ringling Bros., Barnum and Bailey Circus could take the places of the clowns we already have ...

Numerous galleries showcase pieces from Ringling Bros. Circus co-founder John Ringling's personal collection, including paintings by Velazquez, Rubens and Veronese. And in the museum's courtyard ...

The Ringling Your trip won’t be complete unless you visit the iconic Ringling Bros. Circus Train, a charming reminder of a bygone era. Climb aboard and imagine what it must have been like to ...