GLADBROOK, Iowa — The Matchstick Marvels Museum here has a new attraction to bring people to this Tama County town. Artist ...

A Frenchman who spent eight years building a matchstick model of the Eiffel Tower more than 23 feet tall celebrated after Guinness World Records officially recognized ...

Some of Pat Acton’s creations, housed in the museum, include the U.S. Capitol and Notre Dame Cathedral. It’s 10 a.m. in Gladbrook, Iowa, and down in the workshop in his basement, Pat Acton is doing ...

Richard Plaud labored 4,200 hours over eight years to painstakingly transform more than 700,000 matchsticks into a 23½-foot-tall model of the Eiffel Tower, driven by a goal he had held since he was a ...

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. A Frenchman spent eight years building a giant matchstick model of the Eiffel Tower, and he may have used the wrong matchsticks to set a world record. Richard Plaud ...

It’s 10 a.m. in Gladbrook, Iowa, and down in the workshop in his basement, Pat Acton is doing what he does almost every morning: picking up matchsticks and gluing them together, one at a time. And ...