Cutting its way south through Mississippi, I-55 acts as an approximate boundary between the Delta and the luscious green forests of the northeast . Of the area's small market towns, the most appealing are the old-style shopping center of Columbus , and Holly Springs , whose oak-lined streets hide one of the most extraordinary attractions in the state. The only other places of major interest in the region are genteel Oxford and tidy blue-collar Tupelo , birthplace of Elvis Presley and John Lee Hooker .

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