Discover why Tarpon Springs, Florida, feels like a European coastal town. From Greek sponge diving heritage to Mediterranean ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — In Tarpon Springs, the history, hard work, and heart that family businesses and sponge divers pour into the Greek community make the Sponge Docks the special place it is.

If your Florida vacation feels incomplete without the beach, head to this unforgettable spot. The mile-long causeway to get there ends with sabal palmetto-lined white-sand shores. Swim in the Gulf, or ...

Editor's Note: Cal Campbell is a retired administrator at Eastern Illinois University. He and his wife, Betty, spend their winters in Venice, Fla.

The Tarpon Springs sponge docks were packed for the traditional blessing of the fleet on Sunday ahead of the Epiphany. ... "Diving for the cross is a huge honor," his dad John Andreopoulos said.

Tarpon Springs, which still harvests 90 to 95 percent of all natural sea sponges, is touted as the "Sponge Capital of the World," in Tarpon Springs on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. Patrick Connolly ...

Tarpon Springs Mayor Beverley Billiris, left, dons a traditional canvas sponge diving suit, complete with steel shoes and a special helmet before her dive in the Anclote River. The mayor ...

TARPON SPRINGS — When 68 teenage boys plunge into Spring Bayou around noon Thursday, they will be diving into water that could be as chilly as 69 degrees.

Sharp official eyes search the gay streets of the Greek quarter of Tarpon Springs, Fla. Alien sponge divers (TIME, Jan. 21) move aside, shift their glance away. Along the waterfront, among the ...