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

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The first thing Paul Marti wants you to understand about his odd and wondrous matchstick creations — his delicate cathedrals, soaring castles, luxe mansions ...

Guinness World Records initially said 7.2-metre structure made from more than 700,000 matches broke rules A man has been awarded the Guinness world record for creating the tallest structure using ...

A French council worker who spent eight years building a 24ft matchstick model of the Eiffel Tower has been denied a world record because he used the wrong type of matches. Richard Plaud started ...

Jim Miller has been making matchstick buildings since 1995. A former banker has dedicated his retirement to creating replica matchstick models of Ayrshire buildings. In June, Jim Miller completed his ...

LONDON — You could say Richard Plaud's dreams of making the world's tallest matchstick sculpture may have gone up in smoke. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

Weeks after disqualifying a 24-foot tower made of matchsticks, Guinness World Records apologized and said it had been too “heavy handed.” By Jenny Gross Richard Plaud toiled over eight years to ...

Pat Acton, a former career counselor in central Iowa, spent some 1,000 hours a year between 2007 and 2010 building a matchstick model of the mythic Minas Tirith city from "Lord of the Rings." The ...

When he’s not working as a radiologist, Ahmed Hassan likes to relax by building extraordinarily complex models out of matchsticks. He’s made versions of Tower Bridge and the Library of Alexandria.

A former banker has dedicated his retirement to creating replica matchstick models of Ayrshire buildings. In June, Jim Miller completed his 100th creation and his 101st is ready to be handed over in ...