Take time to explore Kansas City's iconic clocks, from Woodhenge to Union Station

Though they're not as ubiquitous today, you can still see a few historic clocks in the Kansas City metro, dating back to the late 1880s.
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Love it or hate it, Daylight Savings Time might be here to stay. Just two days after springing into another season of later sunsets, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill to make daylight savings permanent.

The ultimate fate of DST remains to be seen, as the House has yet to vote on the bill. But the tradition of moving your clocks forward and back each year might soon be a relic of the past.

Clocks serve a variety of civic purposes and operate as landmarks and gathering places for the community. Not too many years after the Elizabeth Tower in London was erected in 1858 (where Big Ben famously tolls the hour), clocks started to spring up around Kansas City, dotting sidewalks and facades before the streets were even paved.