Circus

The ruins of an ancient stadium that hosted gripping chariot and horse races.

The school produces some of Africa's most talented acrobats and contortionists.

The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.

The famous 102-year-old circus elephant was struck and killed by lightning.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

The statue of the famous elephant who was the original source of the word "jumbo".