Believe it or not, they've got quite a significant presence here in South Jersey. There's also the Amish market that's in ...

In 1693, Amish people formed their own branch of Anabaptism in Switzerland and eastern France under the leadership of their founder Jakob Ammann. All Amish communities today are offshoots of this ...

One of the twins involved in a deadly Amish buggy crash in Minnesota has admitted that she tried to dupe law enforcement into ...

Alisha claimed that being raised within the Amish community meant she was expected to get married and raise a family instead of going out to work. She claims that people are kept in the community ...

Occasionally, Amish people did have their photos taken, as you can see with the couple in the first image who likely went to a studio for their portrait in 1875. But by the time photography became ...

A twin that tried to take the blame for her sister after a crash with an Amish buggy killed two children, and injured two ...

U.S. Justice Department intervenes to stop Sugar Grove Township from requiring Old Order Amish to abandon privies and connect ...

My life changed that day. He taught me that there were other Amish people questioning things — and eventually the Amish system couldn't hold us anymore. We either had to leave or be excommunicated.

A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away from strict Amish rules, when teenagers can experiment with the modern vices ...