A Florida park with the deepest freshwater cave system in the country is celebrating 78 this week. Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, home to the world-famous mermaids, first opened to the public on Oct ...

Fifty years ago, a limestone cavern at Weeki Wachee Springs, Fla., entered the realm of American kitsch when a group of ladies donned mermaid suits and swam for audiences in an underwater ballet.

If you've checked out the mermaid show at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, you know how special it is. For people who aren't aware of the shows, here's a quick breakdown: insanely athletic women put ...

El Jefe doesn’t give Cultist much time off, but when he does, we like to spend our hard-earned blog money road tripping through Florida, stopping at quirky roadside attractions and buying-up neat ...

Less than an hour’s drive from Tampa is a gushing first-magnitude freshwater spring with water so clear it’s like liquid glass. But that’s not the only sight to behold at Weeki Wachee Springs. Here ...

This film shows a young woman training to perform as a mermaid at Weeki Wachee, a Florida water park founded by Newton Perry (1908–87) after World War II. To differentiate Weeki Wachee from other ...

If you thought all great places for travelers to visit were on dry land, think again! Be it museums, art installations or naturally occurring sites, there are many mesmerizing underwater locales ...

At Buccaneer Bay on Saturday, kids can trade the colored eggs they find for candy and prizes. Children in Weeki Wachee can trade in their Easter baskets for beach buckets this weekend. On Saturday, ...