Driving into Millersburg, visitors are greeted by laundry waving from clotheslines like streamers.

The Amish, after all, don’t use electricity not even to dry their petticoats.

(Stop byHershberger’s Farm & Bakeryfor that.)

Storefronts in downtown Millersburg, Ohio

West Jackson Street, a main drag in downtown Millersburg.Credit: Madison Muskopf/Shutterstock

“Amish country it’s very magical to me,” Eliot says.

A couple doors down, Lena Schlabach also spins her roots into something new atFarmhouse Frocks.

Homegrown, yes but far from down-home.

Kitchenware on display at home goods shop Cottonwood Shanty

Kitchenware selections at Cottonwood Shanty.Courtesy of Cottonwood Shanty

There’s still plenty of folksiness in Millersburg, though.

An antique Amish chair at the Colonial Homestead in Millersburg, Ohio

An antique Amish chair at the Colonial Homestead.Courtesy of Tope Printing