It has happened to me also a few times. Like you I also have an atlas.
Y: Yevlax, Azerbaijan
Zalau, Romania
Å, Sweden
Baguio, the Philippines
Chongqing, China
Dinosaur, Colorado, USA
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A. Where I live.
Garm, Tajikistan
Huntsville, Alabama (my home, since we seem to be on a theme)
Ixiamas, Bolivia
Jaen, Spain
Kabwe, Zambia
Ligonier, Penna., USA
Mbabane, Swaziland (been there too)
Nouakchott, Mauretania (never been there !)
Oconomowoc, Wisconson, USA (had relatives live there)
Peterborough, Ontario.
Quthing, Lesotho
Raleigh, N.C., USA