Amish culture prizes peace − but you wouldn’t necessarily know it from a stop in Amish Country tourist towns

Gift items for sale in Walnut Creek, Ohio, in May 2023. Susan TrollingerOhio’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 attraction. October, with its cooler temperatures and spectacular colors, is the region’s peak month for tourist traffic. Hundreds of thousands of tourists descend on the area in the fall to shop for Amish-made furniture, enjoy bu