Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

Houston


Originally a mazelike junk-art tribute to one man's favorite citrus fruit, this wonderfully cluttered site is now home to all manner of folk art installations. The original creation here, the Orange Show, remains a vision with great appeal.


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