Mohican Covered Bridge — Photo courtesy of Caroline Eubanks
Set amongst the rolling hills between Cleveland and Columbus are charming towns that feel worlds away from the bustling cities. This area is also where much of Ohio’s Amish community resides and where stars of the big screen have found solitude. It’s a place where you can disconnect, spotting horses and buggies and indulging in the farm-crafted cheeses and fudge.
While there are plenty of places to explore in this area, these seven towns are especially appealing.
Berlin and Millersburg
Start your visit to Amish Country at the Amish & Mennonite Heritage Center, which educates visitors about the Amish, Mennonite and Hutterite communities and their beliefs. Exhibits include an Amish school, a traditional barn from Pennsylvania and a Cyclorama painting.
To purchase Amish-made arts and crafts, Sol’s Palace is a sprawling mall of booths selling quilts, furniture, candles and pottery. Schrock’s Heritage Ville has Amish-crafted furniture to bring home. You can also travel like the Amish do with a buggy ride with Mel’s Horse Buggy Rides.
Open since 1938, Boyd & Wurthmann is where the locals eat, with a daily changing menu of dishes like meatloaf and chicken-fried steak with traditional dandelion gravy. Berlin Farmstead is another favorite and also owns a theater that welcomes musicians and other performers.
Millersburg’s Bunker Hill Cheese Chalet is a family-run shop open since 1935 that crafts cheese from local Amish farms. The building itself is reminiscent of what you might find in the family’s native Switzerland.
Glenmont
The Mohicans treehouse — Photo courtesy of Caroline Eubanks
To fully disconnect from the outside world and soak up the natural surroundings, the best place…
