The photo above shows the town of Galveston as it looked from our Cruise Ship.  From the front of the photo, you can see the Harbor House Hotel that my wife and I stayed in the night before the cruise; and in the far left back of the photo, you can see the back of the all red brick 1894 Grand Opera House that Harry Houdini made a one night stand in on November 6, 1923.

According to the Galveston Daily News, Houdini performed a straight-jacket escape in less than a minute, did a “spirit writing trick”, and represented a few other tricks of interest. [Houdini’s Texas Tours 1916 & 1923 by Ron Cartlidge].

Below are a couple photos of my brief visit at the The Grand 1894 Opera House: