TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — Take a walk along the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs, and you'll see sponges harvested right from local divers. We stopped in a Tarpon Springs business that takes these ...

Get a firsthand look at what Florida life was like in the late 1800s at the Safford House Museum. The home belonged to one of ...

Divers get more because they risk their lives. There are octipi, sharks. But diving for sponges is lucrative. During 1927 the valuation of the sponge catch at Tarpon Springs was $886,216.

TARPON SPRINGS — The location of two public art pieces honoring ... According to the Grand Bahamas Museum, Bahamian sponge divers started moving north seeking a better harvest after three hurricanes ...

Couple scuba diving in a reef in Florida Keys and Key West (Photo Credit ... One of the secret gems of Florida towns, Tarpon Springs has a strong Greek culture and great food due to the abundance of ...

Sponge boats of Tarpon Springs, Florida. (photo by Noreen Kompanik ... This area offers some beautiful coral reefs, making it the perfect place if you enjoy scuba diving and snorkeling.

The town has been heavily influenced by the Greek sponge divers who settled in the area in the early 1900s. Having been so heavily influenced by the Greeks, Tarpon Springs hosts an Epiphany ...

Tarpon Springs: Where boats bob like apples in a watery orchard. The sponge docks are a colorful testament to the town’s unique heritage. Photo credit: Jason Werner (BestFloridaPhoto) You can watch ...

The heart of Tarpon Springs is the historic Sponge Docks, where Greek sponge divers settled in the early 20th century. Today, it’s a lively district filled with Greek restaurants, bakeries, and shops ...

The Hellenic Memorial is a monument dedicated to the sponge divers who arrived from the Aegean to Tarpon Springs. It serves as a tribute to the city’s Greek-American community and their contributions ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — City commissioners on the Tarpon Springs Community Redevelopment Agency approved a measure to develop new branding – highlighting the historic downtown of Tarpon Springs ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — More than 100 small businesses ... "When we had those hurricanes come through, and it flooded the Sponge Docks area, a lot of people lost businesses, and we opened up ...