Now, I have to admit that the breakfast selection at my Klosters hotel was superior to that of the choices offered here at the Hampton Inn in Laurel, Mississippi.

FORBES: Forget Davos. Try Mississippi.

With the 20th-century boom in winter sports, the unloved blankets of snow that stifled the Walser each winter suddenly became white gold, and villages such as Davos, Klosters and Lech grew into famous ski resorts.

BBC: Hiking the Alpine Walserweg trail