Voyageurs National Park doesn't get as many visitors as the Boundary Waters or many of the other beautiful places in Minnesota. But it should. This new coffee table book by Minnesota state climatologist Mark Seeley and nature photographer Dan Breneman shows us a place that is changing fast, just as all the national parks around the Great Lakes are changing as a result of climate change.

Seeley, who tracks the intricacies of precipitation and temperature, also loves this park. He said that's why he wanted to do the book -- to capture it before it becomes something else, something with oak trees and grasslands instead of pine trees and forests.

It's mostly photographs - pelicans and thunderstorms, moose and lady slippers -- and it documents each of the seasons with Seeley's careful, scientific prose.

I haven't been there. But after having seen this book I'm going. Before it's too late.

To see a slide show of the photographs go to www.extension.umn. You can also buy the book there or call 1-800-876-8636. Hardcover with dust jacket, 104 pages, 11.5" x 9.5" and more than 80 photographs. $29.99.