The Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier is a wharf that juts out from the Texas Gulf Coast. Here you'll find amusement park rides, shops and eateries. The Pleasure Pier is also a study in ...

If you’re a history buff like me, you enjoy learning about our island’s history. During this, the port’s 200th anniversary ...

Skip the Pier and enjoy free or low-cost activities like walking the beach or visiting the nearby Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier for a photo op. The Strand is a historic district with ...

A Texas Historical Commission Undertold Marker will be unveiled on February 1 to honor Galveston's Black lifeguards who ...

For Black History Month, we've got a local story highlighting lifeguards being honored in Galveston. The Texas Historical ...

HOUSTON - A tragic incident unfolded near the Galveston Historic Pleasure Pier on Memorial Day weekend after a swimmer died due to a rip current, Joshua Acevedo, a 26-year-old Louisiana man from ...

It’s to acknowledge they were undervalued and mistreated,” said Julie Baker, of the Galveston County Historical Commission ... the scaffolding on Pleasure Pier shifted, Davis wrote.

Pier 15 won praise at the meeting for having lower mooring costs and better protection from catastrophic weather than other candidates, the Galveston County Daily News reported, as well as not ...

Seawall Boulevard is also where you'll find beach parking and the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier. For its small size, the pier is populated with plenty of arcade games and thrill rides ...