GLADBROOK, Iowa (AP) -- We could start anywhere, but the USS Iowa, just inside the front door of the Gladbrook museum, is as good as any. It took Pat Acton 800 hours and 137,000 wooden matchsticks -- ...

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 ...

GLADBROOK, Iowa (KWWL) -- The Matchstick Marvel Museum holds a lot of history, but one of the unique parts about the museum is that every single model is made exclusively out of wooden matchsticks.

Not many people play with matches and get paid for it. Pat Acton does. He spends hours at a workbench nestled in his Gladbrook basement, carefully gluing together hundreds of matchsticks, 2 1/8-inch ...

GLADBROOK, Iowa (AP) - “Some people refer to me as an artist, but I consider myself a woodworker.” Patrick Acton may have one of the most tedious artistic hobbies on record. Since 1977, he has created ...

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 ...