Tucked off a quiet highway in central Florida, Weeki Wachee Springs rose to fame in the 1950s and ’60s as a roadside attraction where women dressed as mermaids in shimmering tai ...

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 ...

Gabrielle Calise, culture and nostalgia reporter with the Tampa Bay Times, swims through the headspring on Sunday, Aug 10, 2025, while attending the Sirens of the Deep mermaid camp at Weeki Wachee ...

Once a mermaid, always a mermaid. A group of women in their 70s recently visited the Florida springs where they once performed as mermaids to see if they still had the magic.

Long before 'mermaidcore,' Black mermaids haunted American history, their siren song a clarion call for rebellion against ...

Hoeber, 49, flew from Oregon to be here. As a kid in Northeast Florida, she begged her mom for a trip to see the Weeki Wachee ...

Once a mermaid, always a mermaid. A group of women in their 70s recently visited the Florida springs where they once performed as mermaids to see if they still had the magic. OK. A lot of little girls ...