we're meeting in baraboo, wisconsin, which, not coincidentally, was once the winter headquarters of theed ringling bros. circus. >> my name's barbara dickey. my father-in-law loved the circus, and he left me something that's had me jumping through hoops. >> barbara. i'm jamie. >> hi. it's so nice to meet you. >> so nice to meet you, too. you wrote me about this? >> i did. this is a miniature circus, hand-carved with a pocketknife by my father-in-law. >> a true 1-inch scale reproduction of a 1920s circus, to be precise, each piece painstakingly handcrafted by barbara's late father-in-law, william dickey. the detail is fascinating. you can almost hear them playing their instruments. is there more? >> absolutely. >> how many pieces total? >> approximately 62,157 pieces. [ laughs ] it was his passion. it was his love. so it was just a lifelong work. >> a lifelong work that begins in the early 1900s, when the circus comes to bristol, virginia. in attendance, an artistic teenager, william t. dickey. >> the first time he went to the circus, he fell in love and he wanted to be there every time