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 ...

Richard Plaud's matchstick model is now officially record-breaking after Guinness changed its mind and said it had been "heavy-handed in the application of our rules." Richard Plaud's matchstick ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Richard Plaud's hopes of securing the world record for the matchstick model have been rejected on a technicality A French council ...

Richard Plaud's matchstick dreams have been rekindled. Earlier this week, the Frenchman was crestfallen when he was told his 23-foot model of the Eiffel Tower — made from 700,000 matchsticks over ...