Galveston Monthly - Exploring Your Island Paradise

This Month

Choosing A New Course

For a coastal city that has always understood departures - steamships, storms, migrations, and reinventions - Galveston feels like the perfect backdrop for a story about choosing a different life mid-journey. In The Shippers, Katherine Center delivers a romantic novel that is as much about emotional navigation as it is about love, and its ties to Galveston’s cruise culture give the story a deeper resonance for readers along the Gulf.

Unique Island Experiences

There is a certain rhythm to summer on Galveston Island. It hums beneath the cries of gulls circling above the seawall, drifts through the scent of sunscreen and saltwater, and settles into the island’s colorful historic neighborhoods where palms sway lazily in the Gulf breeze. For generations, visitors have arrived here seeking sunshine, seafood, and a break from ordinary life. Yet today’s Galveston offers something deeper than a simple beach getaway.

Beach Marble Mystery

If you ask any avid beachcomber whether they’ve ever found a marble on the beach, they’ll either beam with pride or admit they’ve been searching for one for years - sometimes decades. A simple glass marble, worth only a few cents, has become one of the most sought-after and elusive beach finds in the world. Finding one can make a beachcomber’s entire day and earns instant bragging rights. Why the fascination? For many collectors, ...

The Honest Garden

I’ve been an advocate for Great White sharks for most of my life, long before I ever lived near the ocean. I’ve always felt they got an unfair reputation, especially after the movie Jaws premiered in 1975 and convinced an entire generation that these animals were something to fear. The film sparked decades of misunderstanding, and for a time it even fueled efforts to kill Great Whites rather than protect them.

Cedar Lawn Turns 100

It’s possible to drive past it a dozen times without ever knowing it’s there. And that, in many ways, was exactly what its founders intended. Cedar Lawn Historic District - Galveston’s first fully planned residential community - turns one hundred this year and remains as deliberately secluded from the rest of the island as it was the day its first resident moved in. Tucked between 45th and 48th Streets and Avenues L and N, just two miles west ...

Home & Garden
Enjoy inspirational interiors, decorating and gardens from those that help shape Galveston Island style.

Food & Drink

Where to find lunch, brunch, dinner covering casual to fine dining. These places are not afraid to try new things. Hope you're hungry.

Arts & Culture

Beaches aren't all Galveston has to offer. Local theater productions, contemporary art exhibits and other family events that always inspires.