Inside the ‘real life Schitt’s Creek’ desert town owned by a circus

The once forgotten town is being transformed into an ‘oasis’ for circus performers (Picture: Etienne Laurent/Shutterstock)The circus is coming to town – or rather – it’s bought one.Spiegelworld, the extravagant entertainment company behind spectacles including Absinthe and Opium has taken an unlikely stage: the tiny desert town of Nipton, California.Nestled on the edge of the Mojave Desert and home to just a few dozen residents, Nipton was once a forgotten mining s