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Clowns

Lake Placid, Florida

Toby’s Clown School and Museum

A joyful oddity that takes the art of clowning very seriously.

Podcast: The Circus Capital of the World

How John Ringling transformed Sarasota from a quiet fishing village into the world’s circus capital.

Sponsored By Visit Sarasota County

Loud traffic bows down to a silent savior.

Mimes Directing Traffic in Bogotá Had Surprisingly Loud Impacts

Behavioral scientists applaud a quiet yet theatrical shift in societal thinking.

Abi Cole March 4, 2025

Leipzig, Germany

Clown-Museum Leipzig

This small museum takes the business of clowning quite seriously.

The Sewer Drain from “IT”

This is the sewer drain that was the inspiration for the opening scene of Stephen King’s classic novel “IT”.

Los Angeles, California

Circus Liquor Clown

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

Aarhus, Denmark

Cirkuskroen (The Circus Pub)

This legendary dive bar boasts a collection of over 1,300 clown figurines.

Particularly terrifying clowns were used throughout the experiment, which is totally normal.

For the Love of Fear

In a Swedish amusement park, two volunteers faced their greatest fears—for science.

Roxanne Hoorn October 31, 2023

Thomas Hill Standpipe

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."

The Spirited Histories of Nevada’s Most Haunted Hotels

Because ghosts were people, too.

Sponsored By Travel Nevada

Courtesy of University of Haifa

Podcast: Medical Clowning Program

If you ask these clowns, laughter really is the best medicine.

The Podcast Team January 5, 2023

Clowns in American circuses were once considered a form of adult entertainment.

Today's Creepy Clowns Have Roots in Bawdy and Crass 19th-Century Circuses

Pennywise, Art the Clown, and other modern, face-painted menaces recall an era when their kind were strictly adults-only entertainers.

Madeline Steiner October 31, 2022

Podcast: Clown Egg Register

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team August 23, 2022

One of the statues.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Les Saltimbanques

Statues of a fire-breather, a clown, and a whole performing troupe celebrate Luxembourg's creative side.

The Pierotti's Clowns mural

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Pierotti’s Clowns Monument

A monument dedicated to a local softball team full of clowns.

Creepy's

Portland, Oregon

Creepy's

Definitely not a clown bar.

roadside attractions

Podcast: Clown Motel

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team October 26, 2021

Permanently Closed

Seattle, Washington

Big Top Curiosity Shop

Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.