TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — The history of Tarpon Springs is rooted in immigrants who came to the area at the turn of the century from Greece. George Billiris belongs to one of those families who made ...

The Greek Islands are a bucket-list trip, but if a budget-bending vacation isn’t in the cards this year, there’s somewhere a lot closer to home that can serve as the perfect stand-in. Tarpon Springs, ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (WFLA) — Tarpon Springs is known as the “Sponge Capital of the World,” where most of the world’s natural sponges come from. The industry began to grow in the 1890s when Greek ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — One of the Tampa Bay area’s hidden gems sits at the north end of Pinellas County. Known for its Greek history and culture, Tarpon Springs is a must-see destination if you’re new ...

Tucked comfortably on the sun-soaked west coast of Florida is the ‘Sponge Capital of the World,’ also known as Tarpon Springs! Our family had a chance to explore Tarpon Springs, Florida, during our ...

Dodecanese Street announced the character of the Tarpon Springs waterfront at once, with a stucco structure plainly derived from memories of the Erechtheum. Caryatids were mercifully not attempted, ...

Bright over the Gulf of Mexico blazed the sun. A small white boat,one-masted, drifted into the tidy harbor of Tarpon Springs, Fla. On abeam reaching from the mast to the flagstaff astern, hung ...

Sponge boat operators who complained about paying $50 for improper docking probably won't have to pay up, city officials decided Tuesday. During a meeting of police, sponge divers and merchants, ...

KALYMNOS, Greece — The island of the fearless sponge divers now has an enemy it dreads: a fast-spreading blight that has chewed up sponge beds across the Mediterranean. The disease, which leaves the ...

WE were bound out to the ‘dark water’ of the Mexico Bank in the little thirty-foot sponger Anna. We were after wool sponge, the golden fleece of the Gulf; and we were out for a two weeks’ catch.