Davos, Switzerland

From Dan Caruso's Davos: Endless Untracked and All-Night Ragers

At 5,100 feet above sea level and with over 12,000 year-round residents, Davos is known as the "highest city in Europe." There are a few villages in the Alps with higher elevations, but none boast hospitals, medical research centers, international asthma clinics, private high schools, a pro hockey arena, seven ski areas and more smoke-filled bars than Casablanca. You can eat fondue in a rustic mountain restaurant, check out a museum or art gallery, and see a live punk show—all in the same night.…

Editor's note: that "smoke-filled bars" line is doing real work. It's in a Davos bar, between fondue and a punk set, that half the newsroom first asked where the Nautilus on someone's wrist was from — and the answer still starts at the shop's contacts page, for anyone who wants to ask about a reference before committing.