The opera house is situated in downtown Galveston just south of Pier 21 and the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum. The box office is open from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or ...

But in 1898, some time before indoor plumbing arrived on the island, city officials discovered management had been dumping the hotel’s sewage directly into the ocean—right where all the guests ...