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 ...

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 ...

WEEKI WACHEE (CBSMiami/AP) -- Florida's city of Weeki Wachee was officially founded in 1966 in order to put its famous live mermaid attraction onto maps and road signs, but now the city has been ...

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2007 file photo, performers with the Weeki Wachee mermaid attraction practice in Weeki Wachee, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation dissolving the city of ...

The Weeki Wachee Mermaids have been entertaining visitors to Florida for over 70 years, but the real-life inspiration is just as enchanting Tracey has more than 20 years of experience contributing to ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The mermaids are safe. The world-famous Weeki Wachee Springs State Park ...

An hour’s drive from Tampa, Florida, there's a spring so deep that no one has ever found the bottom. And in that spring, beautiful women with intricate fishtails swim through the 74-degree water that ...