The mortise-and-tenon style is the way Amish barns traditionally were constructed, using heavy timber beams carved to fit together to hold the building up.

JAMESPORT, Mo. -- An estimated 9,000 Amish live in Missouri - making the state the 7th largest Amish population in the U.S. Jamesport historian Lanita Smith says the northwest Missouri community ...

Some Amish residents have actual stores, too. Most of the time, you are welcome to follow a driveway back to their beautiful homes and farm buildings if you see a sign with goods for sale.

Nearly half of Missouri's Amish settlements have been founded since 2000.

ARTHUR, Ill. — The sight of a barn going up in the heart of Amish country in Douglas County is an exciting step for the future of the Illinois Amish Heritage Center. But the recent raising of ...

With ashes barely cool, Amish barns rising Volunteers speedily erect new barns in Leacock, Martic Twp., but two other farmers don t plan to rebuild in aftermath of arsons.