If you’re looking for day-trip inspiration, we can help out. Sitting 25 miles away, Cheboksary is worth hopping in the car for. Monument of Mother ought to be at the top of your list here. Chuvash National Museum and Museum of V.I. Chapaev are terrific attractions too. Locals will also probably point you toward Yoshkar-Ola, 45 miles away. If you only see one attraction here, let it be Museum of the History of the Gulag. (But we’d also recommend Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre and Mari El National Shketan Drama Theater.)