By Amy Kellogg

Did you ever wonder, why NAPLES, Florida? Or MILAN, Ohio? One Italian journalist turned this puzzle into an enlightening voyage across the United States, from Venice, Calif., to Verona, N.J., and six other towns or cities in-between. Alberto Giuffre, who works for Fox's sister network Sky Italia in Milan, talks about how his recent odyssey came about.

"I have always been fascinated by the United States -- of course -- I knew about Venice, California, but once I spotted on the map other towns with these names that sounded familiar to me, I decided I would like to learn much more about it." Venice became the starting point for Giuffre. Before being incorporated into Los Angeles, it was a seaside town, built up by a tobacco baron to channel the Italian Venice as a gimmick to draw tourists. Now it's better known as Silicon Beach.

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Source: http://www.foxnews.com/