It may just be the greatest hobby on Earth—even if it's somewhat esoteric. “Most of us are the same as me. When they were very young, their parents would take them to the circus and they loved it they ...

WASHINGTON — In the middle of the 19th century, people flocked to a different kind of circus — the flea circus. One such miniature circus came to Washington last month. Its two tiny stars, Midge and ...

On a fateful summer s day in 1926, a 9-year-old boy named William Brinley went with his dad to see the Christy Bros. Circus, which had come to their town, Wallingford. The boy was so mesmerized and ...

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The "Greatest Show on Earth" in Howard Tibbals's world is also the smallest, with its diminutive circus acts, tiny spectators and a "big" top that measures just about four feet tall.

In September 1950, two girls from the Belle Bryan Day Nursery visited Miller & Rhoads in downtown Richmond to see the Dunn Bros. miniature circus – “the biggest little show on Earth,” as it proclaimed ...