Give it up for my man, Donald Poythress. He's been a carnival worker for seven years, operating a ride called the Ring of Fire. It's basically a giant O that goes round and round, or as they say in ...

The North Georgia State Fair has closed for the night. The bright, pulsating lights of the Ferris wheel are dark. The giant swinging ship has come to rest, and a quiet emptiness has settled over the ...

Gregg Visintainer lives what he calls a “carny life,” and he loves it. The Carlsbad artist travels to fairs and exhibitions all over the state showcasing his complex, richly detailed pen and ink ...

Gibsonton has always been Florida’s freakiest town. After all, its most notable residents were folks called Lobster Boy and Percilla the Monkey Girl. Today, “Gib Town,” as the locals call it, is ...

As the New Mexico State Fair bursts to life with the sweet smell of cotton candy, the sound of loud bells ringing as someone wins a prize at a game and the winds of breezing past rollercoasters ...

STEP RIGHT UP! (270 pp.]—Don Mannix—Harper ($3). Dan Mannix was a flop at Annapolis. On review, his uniform and brace were technically correct, but the total effect reminded the commandant of somebody ...

Many people enjoy carnivals and fairs every year, but for some of the people who operate the rides and booths, it is their way of life. Join Margaret Ann Morgan for her two part series as she takes ...

Ward Hall, 83, has seen plenty of human oddities in his 67 years on the sideshow circuit. Hall, the “King of the Sideshow,” has transported his traveling 12-in-1 spectacle World of Wonders Palace of ...

It seems that RX Bandits are getting as well known for their individual projects as much as their collective work and longevity. We recently profiled the continuing work of C-Gak, now there's a new ...

Long before LeeAnne Locken was a major fixture in the Dallas charity scene, she found success on the carnival circuit starting when she was 3 years old. "My mother actually married into the carnival ...