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 ...

Located about 15 miles down the coast from The Strand, the park offers plenty of outdoorsy activities, such as swimming, fishing ... to the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier.

You could also take I-10 east from Houston to Beaumont, then Route 124 south from the town of Winnie to High Island ... drive down to Galveston to catch better waves. Meacom's Pier, once the ...