Amish Country Byway

The whitewashed farmhouse stands in contrast to the surrounding greenery of the placid fields and thickly forested background.

Ordered farms and fields spread out before the viewer, providing an inspiring yet peaceful view.

Horses hitched to horse-drawn carriages, tied to a post, wait patiently in the summer shade in Winesburg.

Horses hitched to horse-drawn carriages, tied to a post, wait patiently in the summer shade in Winesburg.

Ohio & Erie Canalway crosses a canal in Navarre, which is edged by overgrown trees.

This photo features the stately, brick Cary House.

This photo features a bustling downtown Berlin.

Behind the green shrubs and lawn sits the Victorian House and Museum. Its 28 rooms feature various themes: there are turn-of-the-century law and medical offices, a child's room filled with antique toys, a room complete with Civil War artifacts, a sewing room containing Victorian dresses, and another room displaying a wide array of early musical instruments.

With windows on every side and level, the blue Victorian House and Museum boasts 28 rooms of Victorian splendor. Built by the Brightmans for their large family of eight children, the 28-room mansion has been restored in its original entirety and features antiques in each of its rooms.

Two cars wait at a traffic light in downtown Millersburg.

Downtown Millersburg is full of historic buildings.

The old red brick jail in downtown Millersburg has been restored.

The old stone architecture of Millersburg's Courthouse is featured in this closeup of one of the entrances.

A woman stops to peruse the wares at a roadside stand across from Guggisberg Cheese in Holmes County. This Amish man is selling a variety of items, including wicker baskets.

A park bench provides a spot for people to rest on the shady main street of Millersburg. Behind the bench is a parking area for the typical horse-drawn carriages used by the Amish in the area.

A walk through the snow is an adventure for Amish children on their way to one of the many one room schools that dot the Amish Country Byway landscape.

For over 60 years, this authentic Swiss restaurant with its beautiful moving diorama and Swiss-Amish cooking, has been a favorite attraction for Amish Byway visitors. Alpine Alpa is the site of the world's largest cuckoo clock, listed in the Guiness Book of World Records.

Wide roads on the Amish Country Byway provide added safety for buggies, cyclists, and pedestrians. Travelers on these lanes must be ever vigilant of horses having traveled there previously.

One appealing aspect of an agricultural area is the presence of barns of all types. Amish Country Byway is developing a 'drive-it-yourself' barn tour to afford our visitors opportunity to view the different styles of architecture, influenced by the various ethnic groups who settled here.

Nail barrels, rope, and other old-fashioned supplies line the walls of the Whitmer's Country Store. Truly an old neighborhood store, at the Country Store you can buy groceries, hardware supplies, pet food, bird feed, greeting cards, and more. There's even a little deli and a pizza shop in the back.

A horse-drawn carriage in Berlin waits at a stoplight for its turn to proceed.

A horse-drawn wagon waits outside the Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center near Berlin. In the distance stands a whitewashed, one-room schoolhouse.

The tall, white steeple of the Guggisberg Cheese Factory invites visitors from all around to come see how cheese is made.

The Millersburg Courthouse stands out radiant against the blue sky background.

Leafless tree trunks rise out of the swamp along the Rails-to-Trails Bike Path near Millersburg, Ohio.

Horses welcome friendly visitors to green pastures along Amish Country Byway.

White is a popular color to paint homes and farm buildings in Amish Country.

The one constant symbol of the Amish Country Byway is the Amish buggy, as seen here silhouetted by the setting sun on the crest of a hill.

Holmes County roads are shared by residents, visitors, and the areas diverse commerce as buggies, cars, and trucks come together.

An Amish father and his children take advantage of a sunny summer day to drive an open buggy to market in Mt. Hope on State Route 241.

A walk through the snow is an adventure for Amish children on their way to one of the many one room schools which dot the Holmes County landscape.

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An Amish family bikes through autumn leaves on the Holmes County Trail north of Millersburg.

Hikers and bikers on the Holmes County Trail can view a variety of landscapes, including this extensive wetland neighboring the trail.

One of the Amish horse-drawn buggies travels the Holmes County Trail (created through the Rails-to-Trails program) north of Millersburg.

Guests talk with a wagonmaster about the traditions of the local cultures at the Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center in Holmes County, Ohio.

A mural of rural life graces the exterior of the Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center.

The Center is ready for visitors on a sunny day in Holmes County.

Visitors sit in a horse-drawn wagon and talk about the traditions of the local cultures at the Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center in Holmes County, Ohio.

The Bunker Hill one-room schoolhouse is now located at the Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center.

"Authentic Experiences" workshop participants stroll around the gardens and grounds of Miller's Farm in Holmes County, Ohio.

"Authentic Experiences" workshop participants stroll around the barn and outbuildings of Millers Farm.

"Authentic Experiences" workshop participants from the 2005 National Scenic Byways Conference walk along one of the roads at Miller's Farm in Holmes County, Ohio.

"Authentic Experiences" workshop participants stroll around the gardens and grounds of Miller's Farm.

The "Authentic Experiences" workshop group from the 2005 National Scenic Byways Conference poses for a group photo at Miller's Farm on the Amish Country Byway in Ohio.

Workshop participants get a close-up look at a full-size replica of an 1830s style barn at the Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center on the Amish Country Byway in Ohio.

Hikers and bikers on the Holmes County Trail can view a variety of landscapes, including this extensive wetland neighboring the trail.

A family uses the paved half of the Holmes County Trail. The gravel half may be for the comfort and convenience of the many horse-drawn buggies that frequent this trail.

Farm equipment waits in a field. The tidy white buildings of an Amish farm are at the edge of the green field.

A matched pair of draft horses hitched to farm equipment wait patiently in a field on an Amish farm near Winesburg.

Farms, fields, and trees on rolling hills are a typical landscape in Holmes County.

Autumn is just starting to come to the forests surrounding this white farm in the Amish Country of Ohio.

An antique store in Winesburg is one of many attractive businesses that tempt shoppers on this lovely fall day.

The American flag flies bravely outside the WIlmot Village Hall.

Chairs sit in the sunshine outside Whitmer's Country Store in Winesburg, waiting for occupants.

A red, white, and blue flag lets shoppers know that this antique mall in Winesburg is open for business.

Wilmot Village Hall resembles a church with its octagonal steeple and stained glass porthole window above the double entrance doors.

Small businesses stand at the crossroads of U.S. 250 and U.S. 62 in Wilmot.

A horse and carriage are parked in a shady lot next to Whitmer's Country Store in Winesburg.

Visitors to the Wendell August Forge Shop take a break from watching the workers craft collectible pewter in the back room and browse the many items in the store.

The Wendell August Forge in Holmes County north of Berlin is sided with gray planks.

A horse and cart wait for shoppers to pass in the parking lot at Kauffman's Country Bakery across the street from Heini's Cheese Chalet.

Tourists visit one of the bakeries in Holmes County.

The European architecture of Heini's Cheese Chalet presents a quaint view for tourists. Heini's offers free tours of their cheese-making facilities and is a very popular stop for bus tours.

The shop floor is crowded with cheese lovers waiting for a chance to try one of the many samples of cheese, fudge, and other tasty treats offered for sale and sample here.

Shoppers taste samples of the delicious, locally-made cheese while they wait to purchase their choices.

Two horse-drawn carriages typical of those used by the local Amish are parked in a lot beside Whitmer's Country Store in Winesburg.

Nearing Winesburg, plastic covered white round hay bales resemble huge marshmallows in a row on a cleared hayfield US beside 62.

Visitors to the Wendell August Forge browse the many collectible pewter items in the store.

Green surrounds horses grazing in a fenced pasture next to a red barn and white house on a farm.

Views from the Amish Country Byway in Ohio reflect the rural nature of the area. This view is across the street from the Wendall August Forge.

The white buildings of an Amish farm glisten in the autumn sunshine.

Across from the Wendall August Forge on Ohio's Amish Country Byway, the varied uses of farmland can be seen. Cornfields, pastureland, and alfalfa surround scattered farms.

A red-topped gazebo and brown log cabin sit atop a rise in the Winesburg Heritage Park.

A horse-drawn buggy in the Holmes County parade holds a loving couple enjoying the warm day.

Old fashioned teepee style haystacks form a pleasing set of rows in this hillside view of a farm in Holmes County.

Antique cars parade by on the Amish Country Byway.

Cornstalks are piled together to form pointed stacks in rows on a field in Holmes County.

A few people sit in a horse-drawn wagon at the "Behalt" Amish and Mennonite Information Center in Berlin.

A flag flies before the autumn color on the lawn of the Victorian House Museum in Millersburg.

A quaint log cabin and one-room, white-washed school house stand side by side at the Winesburg Heritage Park.

Sunlight brightens the somber black and green architecture on the roof of the Millersburg Courthouse.

Several flags fly before a statue on Courthouse Square in Millersburg.

Well-kept buildings form a farming complex for the Amish in Holmes County.

A family is out for a bike ride on a beautiful fall day on the Holmes County Rails-to-Trails Path.

Tourists flock to shop at the quaint shops in Berlin.

The several stories of the Millersburg Courthouse loom above the surrounding lawn and roads.

The cream and black stonework of the Millersburg Courthouse may present a daunting facade to the onlooker.

A statue pays tribute before the Millersburg Courthouse.

On weekends in summer and early autumn, the streets of Berlin are lined with booths where vendors offer various wares to visiting shoppers.

Ohio's Amish Country Byway receives their designation plaque at the Designation 2002 event at Union Station in Washington DC.

Old European architecture and a tower grace the front of the Guggisberg Cheese Factory, home of Baby Swiss cheese.

The horse and buggy is a common sight along the Amish Country Byway.

The beauty of nature abounds along the Amish Country Byway in Ohio.

Surrounded by tall dark trees, the white marsh constrasts colorfully at Killbuck Marsh, Amish Country Byway.

The old remodeled "Old Jail" now houses the county offices and is on the National Historic Register.

A woman smiles as she looks over geraniums offered for sale at an outdoor market along the Amish Country Byway.

Two people stroll between leafy greenery on the Holmes County Trail near the Amish Country Byway.

A large crowd gathers on the grass for a concert on a summer's day.

The tall dark trees in the distance contrast starkly with the trees near the marsh.

The designated Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area is the largest fresh-water wildlife marsh area remaining in the State of Ohio. The area is open to the public for hunting, trapping, fishing, bird watching, and hiking.

Broad vistas across the Amish Country Byway draw visitors into the pastoral scenes surrounding them.

An Amish barn raising embodies the strong community spirit of the area and engages Amish and English alike.

An early morning mist provides a soft background for the shocks of corn dotting the Amish Country Byway.

Wide open skies on the top of a wind-swept hill provide these Amish children the perfect place to enjoy one of life's simple pleasures.

This farmer has proof of a good day's work with his harvest neatly rolled into rounded bales.

The "Authentic Experiences" workshop group from the 2005 National Scenic Byways Conference are ready to dig into their excellent homemade lunch at Miller's Farm on the Amish Country Byway in Ohio.

The "Authentic Experiences" workshop group from the 2005 National Scenic Byways Conference are ready to dig into their excellent homemade lunch at Miller's Farm on the Amish Country Byway in Ohio.

A small stream of water flows past lush green farm acreage in Holmes County.

Horses graze in a green pasture next to a red barn and white house on a farm.

This is a unique perspective of a red brick building on a corner in Wilmot. A sign points the way to the Village Hall and Fire Department.