Wahpeton was buzzing the morning of June 10, 1897. The Ringling Bros. Circus train was pulling into the Great Northern Depot, having just finished shows in Fargo, Grand Forks and Devils Lake.

These stories could come only from circus ... on the train and open up a cabinet. There, clowns from years past have written their names, shows and years they performed with Ringling.

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 Circus Museum is part of the Ringling complex which is located 5 miles northwest of downtown Sarasota by the airport. To get to the property, visitors can drive, bike or walk about a half-mile ...

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 ...

Miser, 21, is the "human rocket" in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum ... her contract in an old Ringling train car that her parents had bought when the circus closed. Miser typically performs ...

Whittenburg, 67, said she plans to retire from the circus this year, even though her work has helped her keep her depression ...

The Ringling Bros ... of circus performers, so this is literally in their blood.” Photographer Stephanie Sinclair Hundreds of workers make up the circus, including performers and train ...

“The Greatest Show on Earth,” a new permanent exhibition, focuses on the period since Irvin Feld bought the Ringling Bros ... the famed clown Lou Jacobs; Circus Sarasota clown and educator ...

Tim Torkildson, who lives in Provo, Utah, came across my words after Googling the keyword “circus ... real clown car. The one I was stuffed, crammed, and pummeled into at Ringling Brothers ...