Marker 48 Brewing in Weeki Wachee adds a distillery and cocktail bar to its popular hangout. The sprawling "attraction" also includes a brewpub, concert space, and food trucks.

A mermaid eats an apple at the bottom of the (artificial) sea in this late 1940s postcard. Wikimedia Commons Disney's The Little Mermaid opened on this day in 1989. It inspired a generation of young ...

WEEKI WACHEE — The water is cold, but I’m too nervous to shiver. Instead, I propel my arms forward and think graceful thoughts. Flashes of purple and blue tails from my siren sisters flicker nearby.

If you're currently residing somewhere that does its best impression of a tundra in the winter months, then you're probably seriously thinking about getting to somewhere warmer. Of course, it's tough ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mermaids are still the main attractions at the state park. Courtesy of Florida State Parks New Perry with Weeki Wachee ...

Hopping in the car for a trip to Weeki Wachee. (Credit: Eleanor Marceau) With clear 72 degree water temperatures year round, you can catch a show where mermaids swim underwater and attract not only ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weeki Wachee Springs State Park in Florida has enchanted visitors since 1947 with underwater performances by "real" mermaids.

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The New York Times has just discovered something people in Florida have known for a long time: Our state park system is something special. What the “gray lady” chose to focus on was one particular ...

We had come to the river to escape family we were visiting in Tampa, get some exercise, and maybe play with manatees. Instead, we found things that excited tourists decades before. Former Travel ...

The Tarpon Springs siren, who fought to save local wildlife and preserve Weeki Wachee’s history, worked at the park for 37 years. Culture and Nostalgia Reporter The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a ...