There was nothing here until 1959. Before that, it was swamp on Hernando County’s Gulf side — no roads, no lots, no name on a map. Developer Charlie Sasser bought … Read more
Weeki Wachee used to be a city. Not a big one — for most of its life, it was one of the smallest incorporated cities in the entire country, and … Read more
Spring Hill didn’t grow up the way most Florida towns did. There was no fishing village, no railroad stop, no slow build from a general store. In 1967, the Deltona … Read more
Brooksville has been the county seat for more than a hundred years, and it still runs through the same three roads it always has — US-41, US-98 and State Road … Read more
Everybody in Hernando County knows the drive south. Tampa is the default answer to “what is there to do,” and it costs you an hour each way plus parking. Go … Read more
Brooksville has more than one historic landmark — it has a four-story Victorian house with 14 rooms and seven gables, painted in colors that catch you from Main Street. The … Read more
Downtown Brooksville holds its art inside City Hall. Gallery 201 sits behind government doors as the only gallery on Main Street, offering free admission to a rotating collection of regional … Read more
The mermaids of Weeki Wachee have been performing underwater since before television was a household fixture — and nearly eight decades later, the show still runs exactly like it did … Read more