Spectators marvel at the 23.6-foot-tall model of the Eiffel Tower that Richard Plaud spent 4,200 hours over the course of eight years making out of matchsticks and glue. Last month, Guinness World ...

What do you get when you combine 282,000 wood matchsticks, eight gallons of wood glue and 1,950 hours of production time? For Iowa artist Patrick Acton the answer is an incredible 1/26 scale, museum ...

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 French man spent eight years building his dream of being a world record holder stick by stick, only to have judges disqualify him for using the wrong materials for the tallest matchstick sculpture ...

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 ...

A Frenchman spent eight years building the giant model, but officials at the Guinness World Records says he didn't use "commercially available" matches. Guinness tells NBC News it may reconsider. Good ...

GLADBROOK, Iowa -- Some artists work in clay, others in oil. Pat Acton of Gladbrook, Iowa, works in matchsticks. And with those simple matchsticks, he creates detailed and realistic models of ...

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 ...