Andy Mossack travels to the sumptuous Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to uncover lavender fields, hidden palaces, and living well beside the Rhone River. Ferdinand Cheval was a postman in the small town of Hauterives deep in the rugged landscape of France’s Drôme Department. One April morning he stumbled on a stone lying by the road during his daily round and picking it up, found it such an exquisite shape, he popped into his pocket.