The art of laziness is strong in Florida, especially when you can get your hands on an inner tube. The state has some great selections for hours-long tube runs, mostly connected with natural ...

About 10 miles northwest of Wekiwa Springs, Rock Springs is often called “Orlando’s natural lazy river.” Most visitors come here for tubing, with the 68-degree Fahrenheit water offering a ...

A new indoor water-park resort in Florida is ready to make a big splash. Great Wolf Lodge in Naples, on the state’s Gulf coast, will have a grand opening Sept. 18. The original timetable for the ...

University of South Florida geography professor Christopher Meindl spent a decade researching Florida springs. He just debuted first book Florida Springs: From Geography to Politics and Restoration.

The state has been slow to adopt rules to protect Florida's endangered springs. While a boom in residential construction has increased the amount of groundwater being taken from the aquifers.

Florida has some great selections for hours-long tube runs, mostly connected with natural springs as the flow into the rivers. One of the best is the Rainbow River in Dunnellon in Marion County.

The springs were discovered in the 1860s, and by the 1890s, Wekiwa Springs had a hotel and bathhouse complex to accommodate visitors, making it one of the first tourist attractions in central Florida.

The art of laziness is strong in Florida, especially when you can get your hands on an inner tube. One of the best is the Rainbow River in Dunnellon in Marion County in west Central Florida.