J.R. Gonzales, a native Houstonian, is a senior digital production editor for HoustonChronicle.com. Before that, he was a news copy editor. Since 2006, he has overseen Bayou City History, which covers ...

With hip-hop artist Travis Scott’s new album and music festival bringing AstroWorld back into the national spotlight, many nostalgic Houstonians likely are curious about what’s to become of the former ...

October, for some nostalgic people, brings the thought of Fright Nights at Six Flags Astroworld. Those days are no more, of course. The park was demolished a couple of years ago. But Astroworld ...

HOUSTON — If you’ve lived in Houston long enough, you’ve undoubtedly ridden in one of the blue bucket seats of the Texas Cyclone at Astroworld or gotten drenched on the Thunder River. You've probably ...

Houston's beloved theme park AstroWorld has been closed for almost 20 years. But a collection of memorabilia at the Alvin Historical Museum in northeast Brazoria County is helping people in the ...