The Amish Heritage Center in Arthur is getting closer to providing a deep dive into the Amish culture. The project is ...

To the outsider, the Amish way of life is intriguing and sometimes puzzling. Amish customs can seem contradictory. Although the Amish chief mode of transportation is horse and buggy, sometimes they ...

Cindy Woodsmall knows the Amish culture: its rules, its simplicity, its problems. She also recognizes this unique group of people is endlessly interesting to American readers. "We have this culture ...

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Ohio’s Amish Country, located in the northeastern part of the state, draws over 4 million visitors every year – second only to Cedar Point amusement park as the Buckeye State’s most popular tourist ...

Several Indiana boys had ambitions to run a sub-4-minute mile. Here's how Westview's Noah Bontrager became the first ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — They typically wear plain clothing with nothing as fancy as a button or a zipper, travel by horse-drawn buggy and shun modern conveniences like electricity. It’s that Old World charm ...

The Amish, a religious group living almost exclusively in rural America due to their agrarian lifestyle, have astounded both their rural neighbors and researchers with recent population growth.

Members of the Lancaster Old Order Amish settlement have long been prolific land buyers, according to a trend first identified in 1995 by Elizabethtown College associate professor of sociology Dr.

“Amish Voices,” a new book of Amish writings compiled by Brad Igou, contains a multitude of stories to which readers of all backgrounds can relate. One such passage tells the story of a hired farm ...

(CNN) — The idea of “Rumspringa” has a specific spot in the American imagination. A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away ...

LANCASTER, Pa. ― Tom and Ellis Hansen were visiting their daughter, who is studying equine management at Delaware State University, when they decided to take a short side trip to Lancaster County. The ...