Today, the Wisconsin Historical Society operates the site. Circus World is home to several national landmarks, hundreds of artifacts and wagons, and seasonal live performances. Parkinson explained, ...

Baraboo was the actual hometown of the Ringling brothers, who founded their first circus there back in 1884 and for many years used it as a winter headquarters, until it occurred to them that the ...

You can feel like a kid again at the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Visitors are welcomed to a sprawling 64 acre experience that includes shows under the big top, musical performances ...

A news release says the parade will step off at 11 a.m. on that Saturday – anchoring a weekend of circus-themed fun.

While the Circus World museum will still pay tribute to elephants in their exhibits, Baraboo's circus acts will go on without elephants after August.

The circus is always a spectacle to see, and in Baraboo, Circus World Museum is considered one of Wisconsin’s national treasures.

Baraboo’s annual festival to celebrate all things circus will return this weekend with a new kind of parade.

Baraboo, Wisconsin, is affectionately known as “Circus City” because it’s home of the Ringling Brothers and it’s where they performed their first circus on May 19, 1884. Today, it’s ...

Baraboo’s roots as a tourist destination stretch back to 1884, when the Ringling Bros. Circus selected the city as its winter headquarters, a designation it retained until 1918.

Serving and protecting elephants As it turns out, Baraboo is a pretty convenient place to lose an elephant. The 12,000 people in the Wisconsin town are no strangers to the circus.

An elephant escaped from a local circus in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and took an early-morning walk through town.