Epic fail

Nestled in the gently rolling hills of Verona, Wisconsin, a small Madison suburb, is the 1,000-acre "Intergalactic Headquarters" of Epic Systems, the multibillion-dollar company that claims its software manages medical records for 179 million Americans—or 56 percent of the country. Epic's HQ features a conference room tucked in a tree house. There's a Dungeons & Dragons-themed building with a moat and a replica drawbridge. One corridor is modeled to resemble a New York City subway car, complete with a statue of a homeless guy asleep on a bench. A group of Harry Potter-inspired office buildings dubbed the "Wizards Academy" is currently under construction.