Erik Worscheh, the son of Czech hoteliers who, as a hospitality executive, brought a touch of Old World elegance to the glittery haunts of Houston's newly rich and famous, died June 22. He was 88. As ...

The old Shamrock Hotel, which disappeared from the Houston skyline 30 years ago, still has a nostalgic hold on Houstonians of a certain age. Many still hold cherished memories from honeymoons, proms ...

ETNA - Dozens of people found themselves without a place to live after the Shamrock Motel was ordered evacuated Monday night. The Ohio Fire Marshal's Office served the evacuation notice because there ...

Getting to the Shamrock Motel isn't easy. It's just off Concession #18, but you can't get there through a sequence of lefts and rights. To find the Shamrock you have to be lost – not just on the map, ...

The Houston Chronicle asked longtime readers what their fondest memories were of Houston's gone-but-not-forgotten landmarks. Here are some of their most popular responses, which range from inner city ...

Firefighters were still on the scene of a large fire late Wednesday night at a former motel in Licking County with a past history of code violations. The blaze at The Shamrock Motel at 8409 National ...

Houston’s legendary Shamrock Hilton was demolished 35 years ago, but a piece of its history is slated for the auction block. On Memorial Day, the gazebo that once sat inside the hotel’s Paris ...

Kaufman (All My Friends Are Superheroes) serves up a funny novel in stories about a strange motel. The opener, “Fifteen All True Facts About the Shamrock Motel,” is a list of the establishment’s ...