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 ...

052815dm-pat-acton-5 Craftsman Pat Acton of Gladbrook over nearly four decades built dozens of models using matchsticks -- and on occasion toothpicks. Some are on display at Matchstick Marvels in ...

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 ...

GLADBROOK — Patrick Acton may run out of matchsticks before he is ready to stop creating his marvelous sculptures.

Hour by hour, stick by stick. Many would regard it as a tedious job to glue matchsticks together, wait for them to dry then repeat this process over and over again, but not this model-maker. Over the ...

Gladbrook, Iowa has just under a thousand residents and no stop light. Besides the thin, white windmills, there is little to mark the divide between land and sky. If you stand in the middle of the ...

CLINTON - The Matchstick Market grand opening will be held on Sunday, Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will kick off the new, weekly plant-based farmers and artisans market. The Matchstick Market ...