Nearly a year after Hurricane Helene and dozens of volunteers are still working on homes damaged in the storm.

Lyndonville, according to Floyd Yoder, is what the Amish call a "horse-and-buggy town." It's perfect, many say, for a population of folks who actually drive around in them. "It's a small town, not too ...

If you are after the tranquillity and charm that only small-town locations afford, the village of Arthur has those qualities in heaps. Home to the largest Amish community in Illinois, people flock to ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jason Remillard, 49, and his wife Jennifer Remillard, 55, who left the Chicago suburbs to retire on a Maine homestead. They built their dream home ...

Former Illinois residents Jason and Jennifer Remillard dreamed of living a simple, debt-free life. The couple purchased a $50,000, 58-acre property in Maine in 2019 near the Canadian border. They ...