Contrary to a common myth, Amish individuals and businesses pay many federal, state and local taxes. A key difference is a federal exemption allowing some Amish to opt out of Social Security and ...

Researchers have long been puzzled by the unusually low rates of allergies and asthma among Amish children. Studies comparing Amish communities with other rural populations found dramatically lower ...

TLC’s newest show about an insular religious community, “Suddenly Amish,” has almost wrapped its eight-episode first season, and despite the conservative reputation of the religious sect, it stars a ...

Sunday morning in Mount Hope: where black buggies line up like vintage cars at a classic show. Photo credit: Visit Amish Country Mount Hope proves that the best medicine for stress comes without a ...

Amish barns and solar panels are probably not two things most people think of as going together, but times are changing. Anabaptist World recently reported that Amish communities are starting to adopt ...

TLC has announced "Suddenly Amish," a reality series with Amish hosts that documents six outsiders stepping into Amish life in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. What drives this fascination? Audiences are ...

In a world drowning in allergies, one community stands almost untouched — not because of medicine, but because of the way they live. This episode uncovers how Amish barns, microbes, and centuries-old ...

I had no idea I was breaking rules the first time I drove through Ohio Amish country. Everything looked so quietly beautiful that I assumed peaceful meant permissive, and I was wrong about that in ...

Pennsylvania’s oldest bank barn, located at the DuPortail House in Chesterbrook, has been restored by a team of Amish builders from near ruin to its former glory, writes Ryan Richards for Main Line ...

Time seems to slow down when horse-drawn buggies cross your path on a country road, their wooden wheels creating a rhythm that modern life has all but forgotten. In the northeastern corner of Indiana, ...