Orlando Magazine

10 Amazing Old Florida Roadside Attractions: Weeki Wachee

WEEKI WACHEE IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES I’D DRIVEN BY HUNDREDS OF TIMES AS A CHILD, BUT WAS NEVER LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO INSIDE. We’d drive all the way to Brooksville and stop into the now defunct Roger’s ...
Yahoo

This Florida State Park Has ‘Mermaids,’ Manatees, And A Spring-Fed Waterpark

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Courtesy Florida's Adventure Coast Visitors Bureau Mermaid with manatees at Weeki Wachee Springs. Less than an hour’s drive from ...
Tampa Bay Times

I became a Weeki Wachee mermaid at Sirens of the Deep camp, and you can too

Past and present Weeki Wachee mermaids teach the ways of Old Florida sirens. Gabrielle Calise is a culture reporter who covers music, nostalgia and offbeat Florida trends. Reach her at ...
WESH

One of Florida's oldest springs is celebrating 78 years

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 ...
AOL

This Florida State Park Has ‘Mermaids,’ Manatees, And A Spring-Fed Waterpark

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 ...