Tupelo, MS

The Tupelo Automobile Museum features 120,000 square feet of automobile displays and open viewing restoration bays in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Trendy clothing stores display their merchandise in their windows at the Barnes Crossing Mall in Tupelo, Mississippi. The Tupelo mall underwent a big renovation, adding stores such as Barnes & Noble, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Starbucks, Chuck E. Cheese and Chico’s to its already strong lineup.

Tupelo Advanced Education Center, Itawamba Community College, University of Mississippi campus in Tupelo.

The Gum Tree Museum of Art is a popular place to see works of art.

Elementary education students listen to a lecture at the University of Mississippi's Tupelo campus.

Shore fishing is popular at Elvis Presley Lake in Tupelo, MS.

Lunch customers fill the dining room at Romie's Barbeque restaurant in downtown Tupelo, Mississippi.

The Advanced Education Center‚ which opened in 2000‚ is a partnership of the University of Mississippi‚ Itawamba Community College and the Mississippi University for Women.

The Bancorp South Building in Tupelo, MS

The Tupelo Automobile Museum features 120,000 square feet of automotive displays.

Guitars are on display in the window of Main Street Vintage Guitars store in downtown Tupelo, Mississippi.

Tupelo public school students climb around on the largest organ of the body, your skin, during a half-day-long field trip at the HealthWorks! museum. Health Works!, located at 219 South Industrial Road, in Tupelo, is a curriculum-based, interactive health education center that offers hands-on learning to area school children, kindergarten through 8th grade, sponsored by the Health Care Foundation of North Mississippi.

As part of its community outreach, the Tupelo Symphony Orchestra regularly performs concerts for schools.

This leather love seat display is just one of the many to choose from at the Mississippi-based Simmons Upholstery showroom at the Tupelo Furniture Market, located on the city's west side.

Elementary education students listen to a lecture at the University of Mississippi's Tupelo campus.

Natchez Trace Parkway in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Tupelo Advanced Education Center, Itawamba Community College, University of Mississippi campus in Tupelo.

Shore fishing is popular at Elvis Presley Lake in Tupelo, MS.

The evening sunlight shines on Olivia Scott as she plays in the fountain in the Fairpark District in downtown Tupelo, Mississippi. With easy access to medical facilities, shopping and entertainment, this district is quickly becoming the hottest property in Tupelo.

A monument to the Tupelo Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Commemoration of State Wide Prohibition stands in front of the Lee County Courthouse in Tupelo, Mississippi.

The Tupelo Rangers take batting practice at the Ballard Park Sportsplex in Tupelo, Mississippi.

The Tupelo Automobile Museum features 120,000 square feet of automobile displays and open viewing restoration bays in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Colorful stained glass windows decorate the chapel at the Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Tupelo Advanced Education Center, Itawamba Community College, University of Mississippi campus in Tupelo are all gearing up in July, 2007 in anticipation of Toyota's arrival.

North Mississippi Medical Center has caring staff and volunteers, too.

Tupelo Community Theatre, founded in 1969, offers a variety of programs in addition to a regular season of performances.

The Oren Dunn Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi, shown here on July 19,2007, has a large variety of authentic displays in their outdoor facility, ranging from a grist mill to the actual Dudies Diner.

Children from the Boys & Girls Club Haven Acres location practice ballroom dancing at The Dance Studio in downtown Tupelo, Mississippi. The Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi hosts a fundraiser called "Dance Like the Stars" every summer to raise money for the organization.

A historic bridge is part of the Natchez Trace Parkway which runs through Tupelo, Mississippi.