Weeki Wachee

The auditorium at Weeki Wachee Springs sits 16 feet underground. Long wooden benches face a thick glass wall, which stays shrouded in blue curtains, resembling ruched swimsuits. But three or four times a day, the curtains rise to reveal clear water. Back up top, a soft-shell turtle swims past the glass wall. Maybe a mullet, or a gar. And then the m...

The sign guards one of Florida's most treacherous underwater caves, Eagle's Nest Sinkhole near mermaid-famous Weeki Wachee, a network of narrow nooks and lightless pockets that cradle rubble and nurture a home for peculiar, translucent marine life. The pathways plunge 300 feet in the deepest spots and stretch for a mile along the state's porous lim...

The auditorium at Weeki Wachee Springs sits 16 feet underground. Long wooden benches face a thick glass wall, which stays shrouded in blue curtains, resembling ruched swimsuits. But three or four times a day, the curtains rise to reveal clear water. Back up top, a soft-shell turtle swims past the glass wall. Maybe a mullet, or a gar. And then the m...

The sign guards one of Florida's most treacherous underwater caves, Eagle's Nest Sinkhole near mermaid-famous Weeki Wachee, a network of narrow nooks and lightless pockets that cradle rubble and nurture a home for peculiar, translucent marine life. The pathways plunge 300 feet in the deepest spots and stretch for a mile along the state's porous lim...