Nothing beats the smell of a big pot of Amish beef and noodles that's been braising all day -- and, with just one pot, home ...

Generally speaking, Amish communities are most likely to avoid a new technology if they believe that it will make them too ...

Researchers have seen changes in the Amish community, particularly in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They said the Amish are ...

The fertile backcountry of rural Tennessee offers a vital lifeline to the Amish, a deeply traditional community living apart ...

Today was one of those special events. Judith, a dear friend and cousin, accompanied me to Indiana where we attended a widows’ luncheon. It was a special day. The time was shared with 50-plus widows ...

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 from ...

This story is adapted from Virtually Amish: Preserving Community at the Internet’s Margins, by Lindsay Ems. Throughout the industrial age and now in the information age, the Amish have adhered to the ...

Pennsylvania’s Amish population is the largest it’s been, prompting some Amish families in the Lancaster area to move west, ...

We still have quite a few leaves on our trees, so it made for a very scenic view. It was still snowing when we traveled the ...

The Amish. They're famous for their bakery, their beards, and their distrust of zippers. Because apparently their god hates zippers. And that's fair, because some gods hate pork, which is equally ...

It’s been 16 years since Eli Weaver stunned his Amish community after conspiring to kill his wife, Barbara Weaver. While ...