From the hard work and discipline that went on behind the scenes to the camaraderie and support among performers, there’s something pretty nostalgic about circus life. For many, the circus was their ...

Howdy, partners, and welcome to this week’s edition of the "Bargain Block" recap, where personal and professional partners Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas quickly decide to turn a three-bedrooom, one-bath ...

"The circus is the only ageless delight that you can buy for money," Ernest Hemingway once wrote. That was before scowling cats and amateur stuntmen rose to fame on YouTube, when tigers leaping ...

The old clown photos in TASCHEN's The Circus. 1870s–1950s are incredible. A lot of the clowns look more fantastical than ...

After the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced that it will end its 146-year run, shutting down the show this May, we were inspired to dig into our archive to find 20 moments from ...

Well, it’s another week and Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas take on another two terrific transformations — two and a half, actually, but we’ll get to that in a minute. First up for the flippers with heart ...

Creepy clowns, flying acrobats, performing cats: circuses were big business at the turn of the 20th century. Dutch circus lover Jaap Best devoted his life to collecting vintage posters from across ...

In a messy warehouse in East Oakland, an aerialist spins from ribbons off the rafters of her living room. In a smelting plant nearby, fire spinners model patterns on a computer before unrolling ...