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 ...

Galveston Island has been a perennial beach vacation for decades, especially for those who live in nearby Houston. More than ...

The idea that there "ain't no surf in Texas" persists. But as a new Galveston museum explores, adventurers have been catching waves here for at least a century.

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

Navigate backward to interact with the calendar and select a date. Press the question mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier $25 $500+ ...

Galveston, Texas, is a charming coastal city known ... 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 ...

The Krew of Thalasar, Galveston’s only nautical Mardi Gras Krewe comprised of members of the maritime industry, honored the island’s rich maritime history Saturday with a Second Line brass band ...

On Galveston Island lies a story that ... will soon be recognized with a historical marker from the State of Texas. Known as an "Undertold Marker," it will recognize not only the 30-plus rescues ...

After much of the previous and sometimes contentious discussions have focused on the Pier 19-21 area, officials are now looking east to Piers 15 and 17. Officials from the Battleship Texas ...