The Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area

104-mile scenic byway beginning in Columbus, home of famous playwrite Tennessee Williams; Hwy 45 to Tupelo and the Elvis Presley Birthplace Center, with a museum and chapel; destination — Memphis and Graceland, stopping along Hwy 78 to tour the Delta Blues Archive on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Rowan Oak tour (home of William Faulkner, renowned author), stopping on Hwy 78 in Holly Springs for tour of Graceland Too, unique Elvis Presley archive and the Strawberry Plains Audubon Center near Holly Springs, housed in a Federal-style antebellum home with beautiful grounds.
Hwy 45 from Columbus into Tupelo and Hwy 78 into Oxford and Holly Springs
Columbus, MS