It's a calendar shot where we're driving today on this long winding road through Lancaster County in southeastern Pennsylvania.

The landscape stretches off in both directions.

Endless rows of corn and fenced in pastures.

The proper farmhouses with barns painted red and blue.

Coming around the curve, we slow to a crawl, following several other cars behind a single horse and buggy, clip-clopping along in the center of the lane.

Charming, sweet.

The kids are arguing in the back, hungry for lunch.

One by one, each car ahead pulls out and passes. And when your time comes, you do the same.

Only for just a moment, you pause on the accelerator, sidling by the buggy, matching at speed so the kids can get a look.

And then you see, there's a man driving.

He wears simple black trousers, a white shirt, suspenders, and a wide brim hat. He's about your same age, and his wife

is by his side and he has two kids in the back. He turns to look at you looking at him, and he nods.

Two men from two worlds doing exactly the same thing, but each in their own fashion.

And you wonder why? What beliefs set him so far apart? How does it figure? Why would he want that life?

And as you accelerate past, motoring speedily onward, you glance into the rearview mirror,

at the quaint horse and buggy riding slowly through the picturesque pastures and fields.

And you wonder for a moment more. Why do I want mine? Hello and welcome to American History Hit. I'm your host Don Wildman. Over the centuries, so many groups have migrated to the United States in search of a better

life. We're rather known for it. Each of these groups bring their own cultures and

traditions to the American shores, enriching our broader society.

But one group, however, has remained intentionally distinct from this modern American life.

They are the Amish. Most people know of the Amish,

certainly those who live near them in notable places like Pennsylvania and Ohio.

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