Tupelo, Mississippi - Birthplace of Elvis

When we visited, the museum was still being renovated -- so when it's done there will be parking and a museum with an additional admission charge.

Elvis' birthplace is a small cottage with two really small rooms -- you can easily miss it once you find the street. You step in and hear the story of Elvis -- and how he was born in that room, "not on the furniture in the room now, but furniture very much like the stuff we put here." A very nice lady gives you the story "that rock and roll was born in this room" and shows you the spot "not on this bed, but on a bed very much like this" where Elvis was brought into the world. [rhonda bartlett, 11/08/2003]

[RA: April 2007- The Elvis Presley Museum completed its remodeling (the first since it opened in 1992) and is back in business. Roughly 380 items from pre-age-13 Elvis are now on display, amid copious amounts of crushed velvet and mirrors. The Museum and Birthplace are now just parts of a 15-acre complex that also includes a bronze statue of teen Elvis, a fountain, a memorial wall, and the actual church where Elvis learned to love gospel music.]