NEWARK — In the early 1900s, Columbus native Conn Baker was thrilling circus audiences at home and abroad with his death-defying "loop-the-loop" bicycle act. As one poster from the time put it, Baker ...

Have you ever done a story about the Sells-Floto Circus? I would love to read the history of this traveling circus and its sideshow that gave early 20th century San Antonians an afternoon of ...

There were death-defying stunts, daring acrobats and even a few performing alligators as the Show Me Center became a temporary big top on Sunday for Piccadilly Circus. Around 1,900 people attended two ...

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A sepia-toned studio photograph of a stoic-faced troupe of acrobats resides in the Special Collections vault at Illinois State University. In the back row, a top-hatted white-faced clown with ...

Cirque de Shreve %u2014 A Mighty Meadows fundraiser is 6%3A30 - 10 p.m. Saturday at Pine Wold Manor%2C 2747 Fairfeild Ave. Tickets are %2475 for members of Friends of the Algur Meadows Museum of Art ...

Got any musty old boxes in your attic or basement? As Jim Major of Cambria learned recently, check them out before you chuck them in the trash, or you might wind up tossing some historical family ...