Woman buys abandoned 1898 church for $45,000 — and transforms it into her dream home

Most people searching for a new home look at houses. Whitney Anderson bought a church. In 2024, she left New York City and paid $45,000 for an abandoned church built in 1898 in Michigan. It was hardly a move-in-ready property, but Whitney could see something beyond the years of neglect: a home that nobody else would have.