I couldn't think of how to name this thread, but let me explain:

I have had several instances where I am dreaming, and I enter an area where I have a distinct recollection of having been there before. This even happens when I am lucid. Not long ago I became lucid while flying, and I flew low over this yard next to a house with a swingset and scrap in the yard, and I thought to myself "Hey, I remember being here!" which is strange because I've never seen a place like that in my life, but I didn't seem to realize that while lucid.

This has happened more times than I can count. Do any of you know what to attribute this to? It could be that these are places from when I was a child, but I have an excellent memory for when I was young (remembering things from when I was 1 and vividly when I was 2), and I would think I'd remember some of these places. Some of the places I know I've never seen, because they are just too weird.

Anyway, it's not a matter of simply accepting the area as somewhere I've been, it's actually that I am REMEMBERING these places, that is, until I wake up, and I'm like what the hell?

Anyone else have these occurances, or have an explanation for it?