Nonseum, the museum of useless inventions

Have you ever felt the need to walk with a pole with wheels? And a pair of curved scissors? I don't think either of us do.

Still you have to know that these and dozens of other useless inventions are all on display at the Nonseum, a museum that contains all those patented objects which because of their little application in everyday life, have not been appreciated by the public.

It happens in Herrnbaumgarten, Österreich, where Frits Gall (himself an inventor with little public acclaim), gave birth to this project, just for fun actually, in 1984, during a fair. The Nonseum thrilled immediately thrilled its first visitors, and through word of mouth has found a permanent exhibition space which has already attracted more than 100,000 onlookers! But what else could you find inside the Nonseum?

Toothbrushes for the toothless, beds for the sleepless with sheep printed on canvas which simulate the movement, sweaters with spare arms of different lengths. In short, a stop in this quirky museum could make you come up with the idea for the patent of the century, if not, at least you know where it might end up.