Mel Gingerich has fielded a lot of questions in the nine years he’s been giving buggy tours around Berlin. Where do you live?

BERLIN, Ohio — The Amish Country Theater here advertises itself as “a side-splittin’ comedy adventure.” “Side-splittin’” may not be the first descriptor that comes to mind when we think of the Amish.

Ohio is full of surprises, offering destinations as varied as its landscape. From the laid-back, Florida-inspired charm of South Bass Island on Lake Erie to the Alpine-style "Little Switzerland" town ...