FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) - A 95-foot wall of banners along the east end of the Midway lures fairgoers to the World of Wonders Palace of Illusions. The illustrations promise a world of weird just ...
Step into Coney Island on a summer day and you’ll hear it — screams from the Cyclone, music blasting from boardwalk speakers. Walk down Surf Avenue and you’ll see a different kind of spectacle: ...
The heyday of the circus sideshow act exists in the 21st century as a distant memory, usually preserved by grainy sepia photos and folklore that rarely impresses today’s historical skeptics. Yet, the ...