by Leah Crisman, executive editor

If you’ve ever looked down at an orange and wondered why this magical fruit doesn’t have its own museum, then you’re in for some good news: this place does exist, the admission’s only a dollar and it’s wondrously, enchantingly campy. Enter The Orange Show.

The brainchild of an orange-obsessed postal worker, this Houston monument to citrus is endearing on several levels (quite literally: it’s multi-story). It was constructed over a span of three decades out of scrap metal, recycled farm implements and various other industrial castoffs, and the effect is, to say the least, striking considering it’s located in a quiet residential neighborhood. It has the feel of a permanent circus or a tiny, gritty, orange-themed Disneyland.

Traverse its winding corridors or scale its steep staircases and you will inevitably bump into orange-related frescoes and memorabilia, a central amphitheatre and (a little nonsensically) lots of creepy clowns scattered all over the place (see below).

Needless to say, this is art at its finest and folksiest. If you happen to be in Houston for the day, give it a visit. You won’t be disappointed.

The Orange Show is open rain or shine—and bring your cameras; you’ll want to pose with the clowns.

You can find more information about the Orange Show Center on its website here.